Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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You are what you "tweet".~ Internet Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go. ~Charles Bukowski
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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All artists are anarchists in some way; some more extreme than others, but it is something that I think artists are supposed to do. We are supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is as much as poetry, in my opinion. ~Robert Zemeckis
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. ~Proverb
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But we'd never really seen eye to eye. Mostly 'cause he was much taller than I was. ~Darynda Jones
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. ~Max Lerner
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after. ~Taylor Swift
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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