I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree; I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing. ~Andrea Corr
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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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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation to pay taxes that you do not owe. In fact, you should be seeking ways to legally minimise your taxes. ~John Mackey
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food; you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study. ~Henry B. Eyring
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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