In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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In Denmark, lots of people come up to me for autographs. ~Caroline Wozniacki
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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