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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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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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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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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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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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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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proverbiosThose who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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I love zoo sanctuaries. ~Nancy Travis
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish 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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