I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself. ~Tyler The Creator
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
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You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to. ~Robert H. Schuller
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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