I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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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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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made. ~Errol Morris
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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