In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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