We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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It is so boring to just hire a fancy caterer and have them do everything. ~Nicole Miller
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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It is method on "This is England;" it is. But it can't be method on every job because it just doesn't work for everything. ~Vicky McClure
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I enjoyed my life when I had nothing. and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me. ~Joey Ramone
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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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I think that the best rock n' roll is about the spirit of being young, the feeling of being 16 and getting crazy with your friends and going out to a show and just that whole feeling. ~Sebastian Bach
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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