A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy. ~Bono
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I'm happy that I was able to experience a normal life besides show business, because it gives you something to draw from. ~Ashley Tisdale
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?" ~Brian Tracy
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. ~Ridley Scott
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Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ~Richard Lugar
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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