I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~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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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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