Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing, and put it into a story. ~Scott Rudin
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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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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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life. ~Joseph Prince
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