I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately. ~Aaron Taylor Johnson
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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