Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes Valmore
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What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat? ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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I love layers! ~Alexander Wang
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
#quotes #eva-mendes #therapy #emotions

If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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People should decide "are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?" I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money; they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet. ~Felix Baumgartner
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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