As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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While we teach, we learn. ~Seneca
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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