To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again. ~Mara Wilson
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I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
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I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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