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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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proverbiosEach of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. ~George E. Allen
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world. ~Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. ~Greg Boyle
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer. ~Jason Mewes
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