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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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese 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 a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses. ~Juliana Hatfield
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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