One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish 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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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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To the seeing eye life is mostly sparrows. ~Will Cuppy
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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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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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events. ~Lisa Ling
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