An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do. ~Halle Berry
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I think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further. ~Donald Glover
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down. ~Young Buck
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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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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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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