I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power. ~Ludwig von Mises
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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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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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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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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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ~Salma Hayek
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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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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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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