I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, "Who's that?" But this got me started in acting. ~James Stewart
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position, to make all the difference in the world. ~James Redfield
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish 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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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. ~Charles Spurgeon
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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