I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. ~Ridley Scott
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian 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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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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