I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. ~Joe Scarborough
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Give your problems to Christ before your problems get to you. ~Max Lucado
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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I like acting and things when I like the writing. If I don't like the writing, I don't like acting. I think in some ways everything starts for me from the place of writing. ~Greta Gerwig
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