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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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish 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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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste. ~Rick Danko
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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I'm a songwriter first. ~Carole King
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you. ~Bryce Harper
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