proverbiosIn the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. ~Max Lerner
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After all, how dare Mel Gibson challenge the public by producing a film that spurs public discussion, that pushes the envelope, that takes an old story to a new level. How dare Mel Gibson follow his own passion as a filmmaker. How dare he make $20 million on the opening day box office! ~Laura Ingraham
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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You know what, Steve Jobs is real nice to me. He lets me be an employee and that's one of the biggest honors of my life. ~Steve Wozniak
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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