Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. ~Simon Cowell
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made. ~Errol Morris
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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The support in Britain made a big difference. ~Louise Woodward
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Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company. ~Courtney B. Vance
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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