One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ~David Hyde Pierce
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself. ~Candance Bushnell
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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It takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it. ~Tommy Tenney
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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