The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I look at couples in the street who are in their sixties and have been together for 40 years, and they're my idols. That's Ice and me for sure. ~Coco Austin
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Theatre is where my heart is. It is where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that is what I want to come back to. ~Kelly Reilly
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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