A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you. ~Jim Palmer
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English 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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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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