A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Science is changing. God's Word does not change! ~Adrian Rogers
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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