It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
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It always surprised me that I was getting acting work. ~Mary Lynn Rajskub
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
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You can trust the promise of this opening. Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning. That is at one with your life's desire. ~John O'Donohue
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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That's what acting is; it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. ~Kerry Washington
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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