If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
#quotes #ron-wyden #medicine #poverty

Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Was awakened in the night to a strain of music dying away, passing travellers singing. My being was so expanded and infinitely and divinely related for a brief season that I saw how unexhausted, how almost wholly unimproved, was man's capacity for a divine life. When I remembered what a narrow and finite life I should anon awake to! ~Henry David Thoreau
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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It is much more enjoyable being an actor. ~Kyle Chandler
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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