When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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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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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. ~David Coleman
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Are you saying that the feeling of searching for a missing sock is like searching for love? ~Cecelia Ahern
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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Science is not about what is true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence. ~Lee Smolin
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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