When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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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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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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I'm a songwriter first. ~Carole King
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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