The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English 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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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ~Caleb Cushing
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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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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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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic 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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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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