A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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Was awakened in the night to a strain of music dying away, passing travellers singing. My being was so expanded and infinitely and divinely related for a brief season that I saw how unexhausted, how almost wholly unimproved, was man's capacity for a divine life. When I remembered what a narrow and finite life I should anon awake to! ~Henry David Thoreau
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before, and from other years, too; to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step. ~Tony Romo
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. ~Ferdinand Mount
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I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music. ~Nick Cave
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life. ~Tim Blake Nelson
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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