One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. ~David Coleman
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching. ~Steve Waugh
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Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. ~Joe Scarborough
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do. ~Halle Berry
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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People talk about the '60s, but they were merely a mass production of what the '50s had begun. ~Peter O'Toole
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