Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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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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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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It is much more enjoyable being an actor. ~Kyle Chandler
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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