May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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I went to church with my grandparents sometimes, and I loved it. ~Anne Lamott
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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To be a team, you must be a family. ~Don Meyer
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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I've had a fairy tale life. I had a perfect family, a beautiful childhood, an incredible upbringing. I lived a lot of life but a lot of good life. ~John Stamos
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I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I would bring things to class that I had cooked at home. ~Giada De Laurentiis
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
#quotes #amy-adams #childhood #luck

I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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Gossip is hardly uplifting. ~Ginger Rogers
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All my friends I've known since I was really little. ~Leona Lewis
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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