It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? ~Peter Schuyler
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
#quotes #charlize-theron #travel #world #south-africa

And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug! ~Rachel Caine
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
#quotes #tommy-franks #war

Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
#proverbs #death

I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk to. ~Rodney Dangerfield
#quotes #rodney-dangerfield #children #humor

I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ~Phyllis Diller
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Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness. ~Robert Harris
#quotes #robert-harris #children #happiness

When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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