Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. ~Ayn Rand
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations. ~Richard Reti
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. ~Sam Shoemaker
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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