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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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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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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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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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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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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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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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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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African 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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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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I didn't go to drama school, so I feel like I did all my growing up on "Hollyoaks." ~Nathalie Emmanuel
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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