Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow. ~Frank Dane
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Feelings are determined by how one chooses to respond to various situations and events. ~Ralph Marston
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. ~Junior Seau
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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