A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home. ~Daphne Guinness
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness; and there is a big difference. ~Ty Cobb
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I am a big horror fan. I am a genre fan. I like to make these movies. They're my favorite kinds of movies to make. ~Amber Heard
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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