I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact. ~Tinker Hatfield
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ~Jan Karon
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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I held hands with her all the time; that doesn't sound like much, I realize, but she was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if you hold hands with them, their goddam hand dies on you, or else they think they have to keep moving their hand all the time, as if they were afraid they'd bore you or something. Jane was different. We'd get into a goddam movie or something, and right away we'd start holding hands, and we wouldn't quit till the movie was over. And without changing the position or making a big deal out of it. You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were. ~J. D. Salinger
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing, and put it into a story. ~Scott Rudin
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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