The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as her mother repeatedly warned her, it owed her a break. She had a strong sense that a better, more exciting, more rewarding life than that which had been the lot of her parents and grandparents was hers by right. In this she was guilty of nothing more serious than the arrogance of youth, from which every generation suffers and by which it distinguishes itself from the preceding one. ~James Robertson
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Hardest job in America is being a single mom. There are a lot of them and a lot of them in Baltimore and I think that they absolutely do their best. They can't keep continue to do their best if businesses flee the city. ~Dana Perino
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Collectively with my design team we spent time working on the feel, fit and style to ensure the product is not only something I would wear but one which I would be proud to put my name to. I always want to challenge myself and this was such a rewarding experience for me. I'm very happy with the end result and I hope H&M's male customers will be as excited as I am. ~David Beckham
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. ~Thomas Jefferson
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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