What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life. ~Tim Blake Nelson
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone. ~Charles Ghigna
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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