Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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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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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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