At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
#quotes #paul-theroux #travel #maine

A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest, I will say the greatest. ~William Friedkin
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. ~Dick Cheney
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. ~Kirk Hammett
#quotes #kirk-hammett #music #competition

Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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Hello and hi. Slowly open your eyes. Get up from your bed. Go to the window. The great sun is waiting to say "Good Morning" to you.
#greetings #cute

Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders. ~Tom Robbins
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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