Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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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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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story. ~David Morse
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"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Death is just life's next big adventure. ~J. K. Rowling
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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