Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ~Anita Desai
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow. ~Frank Dane
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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It is my object, in the following work, to travel over ground which has as yet been little explored and to make my reader acquainted with a species of Remains, which, though absolutely necessary for understanding the history of the globe, have been hitherto almost uniformly neglected. ~Georges Cuvier
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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Good morning. Love is the most beautiful truth of life. Never ignore the person who loves you.
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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Rose is famous for grace, advocate is famous for case, horse is famous for race. But you are famous for sweetness on your face.
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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