Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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I've just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can. ~Kimi Raikkonen
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go. ~Charles Bukowski
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. ~Joe Scarborough
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life. ~Adam Brody
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth. ~Danielle Steel
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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