At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ~Pat Benatar
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The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace. ~M. Scott Peck
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today. ~R. A. Salvatore
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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I'm very independent. ~Kate Bosworth
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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