A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. ~Rick Derringer
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I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. ~William Shatner
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