I want to take back at least half of the "I love you"s, because I didn't mean them as much as the other ones. ~David Levithan
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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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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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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