The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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That's what acting is; it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. ~Kerry Washington
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I have a natural curiosity for people. ~Nicholas Haslam
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I doubt anyone in Hollywood has had more "dates" than me. ~George Hamilton
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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