I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it starts with craft. It starts with an understanding of materials. It starts with an understanding of where foods are grown. ~Tom Colicchio
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree; I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing. ~Andrea Corr
#quotes #andrea-corr #family #understanding #communication

Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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