The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese 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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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
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I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies. ~Charles XII of Sweden
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again. ~Mara Wilson
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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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 woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor. ~Ray Liotta
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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We all know of course, that we should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever fiddle around in any way with electrical equipment. Never. ~Daniel Handler
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