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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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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