When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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They say I tried to hurt my nurse. I tell them they tried to hurt me first. ~CJ Roberts
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste. ~Rick Danko
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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