But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ~Pat Benatar
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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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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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer. ~Jen Lancaster
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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