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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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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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proverbiosJudging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. ~Isaac Asimov
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. ~Ferdinand Mount
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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