Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
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I love to work, so give me what you have got. I will play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work. ~Danny Trejo
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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In kindergarten I had to draw a picture of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I drew a rapper. I didn't really know what a rapper was or what they did; I just wanted to do it. ~B.o.B
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. ~Bill Gates
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
#quotes #emily-mortimer #life #optimism #difficulty

It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
#quotes #robert-louis-stevenson #seasons #nature

A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~Olympia Dukakis
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer. ~Jen Lancaster
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ~Bill Keller
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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