Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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Hardest job in America is being a single mom. There are a lot of them and a lot of them in Baltimore and I think that they absolutely do their best. They can't keep continue to do their best if businesses flee the city. ~Dana Perino
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I'm a much better mother at 46, than if I were like, 21 or 25. ~Halle Berry
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. ~Ryan White
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you. ~Bryce Harper
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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