The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary. ~Karl Lagerfeld
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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"Feminist comedy," practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. ~Grace Slick
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~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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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings. ~Dave Barry
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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