Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom. ~Don Henley
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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I can't imagine what they're planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it, and it won't be legal. ~Eoin Colfer
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After all, how dare Mel Gibson challenge the public by producing a film that spurs public discussion, that pushes the envelope, that takes an old story to a new level. How dare Mel Gibson follow his own passion as a filmmaker. How dare he make $20 million on the opening day box office! ~Laura Ingraham
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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