Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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I love to work, so give me what you have got. I will play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work. ~Danny Trejo
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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People talk about the '60s, but they were merely a mass production of what the '50s had begun. ~Peter O'Toole
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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