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In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. ~Greg Boyle
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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proverbiosA dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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I love documentaries and the computer. I am a little addicted to the computer, and that relaxes me. I find information, I shop, and I look up people I worked with to find out if they're dead or alive. ~Anne Meara
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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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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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
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The West is dead; you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ~Charles Marion Russell
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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"Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded. ~Cinda Williams Chima
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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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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