Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen 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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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them. ~Helen Mirren
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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