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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
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I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them. ~Helen Mirren
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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proverbiosI'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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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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Life sucks order from a sea of disorder. ~James Gleick
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up, it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together. ~Michael Light
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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