A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface ~Christian Slater
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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