Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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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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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk to. ~Rodney Dangerfield
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything. ~Britney Spears
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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