We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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