Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. ~Francis Schaeffer
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Life is tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid. ~John Wayne
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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I am a big horror fan. I am a genre fan. I like to make these movies. They're my favorite kinds of movies to make. ~Amber Heard
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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