A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle. ~Edmond About
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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