Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English 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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For my own style, I love vintage. 60's and 70's are my favorite. I love baby doll dresses and the soft colors. I try to mix a little bit of modern into that; maybe I'll wear it with boots. At my school we wear a uniform, but we have one day a week we can wear whatever we want. ~Elle Fanning
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend. ~Pythagoras
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish 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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