I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Every step of life shows much caution is required. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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