Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. ~Lyle Lovett
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy. ~Bono
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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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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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Whatever you choose you will repent because the other will remain and haunt you. If one needs absolute freedom then choiceless awareness is the only thing. ~Rajneesh
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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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