Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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You're out on stage, the music is blaring, the crowd is screaming, the lights are flashing, your heart is pumping, the sweat is flying, and it's the greatest feeling in the whole world. ~Michael Flatley
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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I didn't meddle. If I did meddle there wouldn't be all this violence. All this horrible sexism in games. ~Lincoln Chafee
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I'm very independent. ~Kate Bosworth
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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