But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills. I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships. ~Britt Ekland
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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 makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder. ~John D. Rockefeller
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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The rock-star thing became very destructive, like, wow. I didn't know what I was doing. I just kind of became that thing. The hair, that rock-star kind of lifestyle, just living a dream. It kind of took over. It started out very innocent and then I turned into a cartoon character. And I started to feel like a cartoon character. ~Pamela Anderson
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I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
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God bless us everyone! Said Tiny Tim, the last of all. ~Charles Dickens
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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