Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact. ~Tinker Hatfield
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ~David Hyde Pierce
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. ~James Redfield
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English 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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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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