The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. ~Edith Sitwell
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
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It was like two different photographers, and shot in three different locations and it was really fun to do. There were 12 beautiful girls in it. It was great. ~Gisele Bundchen
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies. ~Charles XII of Sweden
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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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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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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If the stock goes down we want to buy more. ~Walter Schloss
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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