A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow. ~Barry Sheene
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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It is my object, in the following work, to travel over ground which has as yet been little explored and to make my reader acquainted with a species of Remains, which, though absolutely necessary for understanding the history of the globe, have been hitherto almost uniformly neglected. ~Georges Cuvier
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
#quotes #nicolas-cage #stories

I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #wisdom

Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~Proverb
#proverbs #revenge

And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #time #age

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. ~Ridley Scott
#quotes #ridley-scott #believe #movies

Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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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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The necessity for "professionals" in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged. ~Jason Alexander
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
#quotes #lillie-langtry #gardening #happiness

My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the "Bad Day at Black Rock" laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it. ~Paul Thomas Anderson
#quotes #paul-thomas-anderson #film

Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
#proverbs #silence