In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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I held hands with her all the time; that doesn't sound like much, I realize, but she was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if you hold hands with them, their goddam hand dies on you, or else they think they have to keep moving their hand all the time, as if they were afraid they'd bore you or something. Jane was different. We'd get into a goddam movie or something, and right away we'd start holding hands, and we wouldn't quit till the movie was over. And without changing the position or making a big deal out of it. You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were. ~J. D. Salinger
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary. ~Billy Crystal
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Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score. ~Frank Leahy
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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. ~Robert Scheer
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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The trauma said. Don't write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones. ~Andrea Gibson
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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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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