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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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proverbiosBrilliant. 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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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~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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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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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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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 not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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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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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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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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