The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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I love to work, so give me what you have got. I will play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work. ~Danny Trejo
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance. ~Michelle Wie
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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