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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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quotistFor breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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I felt as if I had attended the funeral of someone I didn't know. ~Pauline Kael
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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I don't know where I come from but I am here now so deal with it. ~Gary Busey
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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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