The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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If you care about the people you work with then you work harder. ~Kristine Lilly
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It is harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next. ~Pink
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