Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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I didn't meddle. If I did meddle there wouldn't be all this violence. All this horrible sexism in games. ~Lincoln Chafee
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay. ~John Schlesinger
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle. ~Heather Brewer
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