I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. ~Sylvia Boorstein
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. ~D. H. Lawrence
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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The trauma said. Don't write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones. ~Andrea Gibson
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Who are you? The band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say. ~Janet Fitch
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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I have been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the no-fly zone. ~Philippe Perrin
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When the legs go, the heart soon follows ~John Wooden
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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