"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called worrying depends upon having a brain that can reason, remember, reflect, feel, and imagine. Only humans have a brain big enough to do this simultaneously and do it well. ~Edward Hallowell
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug! ~Rachel Caine
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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