What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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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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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught. ~Eric Ries
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~William Arthur Ward
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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