When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the "Bad Day at Black Rock" laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it. ~Paul Thomas Anderson
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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