Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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I have a natural curiosity for people. ~Nicholas Haslam
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Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. ~Francis Schaeffer
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you watch the first [Star Wars] movie, you don't actually know exactly what the Empire is trying to do. They're going to rule by fear; but you don't know what their endgame is. You don't know what Leia is princess of. You don't yet understand who Jabba the Hutt is, even though there is a reference to him. You don't know that Vader is Luke's father, Leia is his sister; but the possibility is all there. The beauty of that movie was that it was an unfamiliar world, and yet you wanted to see it expand and to see where it went. ~J. J. Abrams
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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