Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
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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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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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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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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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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish 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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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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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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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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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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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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