My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably. ~John Bunyan
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Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness; and there is a big difference. ~Ty Cobb
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
#quotes #dule-hill #acting #black

Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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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
#quotes #edmund-hillary #skiing

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
#quotes #kerry-greenwood #helping

A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
#quotes #archibald-hill #medicine

I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
#quotes #richard-rodgers #theater

There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree. ~Dave Mason
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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We should constantly be aspiring to reach higher and higher and higher. We should never be comfortable where we are. ~Lauryn Hill
#quotes #lauryn-hill #trying

Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #excuses

I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg. I don't usually admit this publicly, because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it, to use it as a way of luring audiences in. ~Terry Gilliam
#quotes #terry-gilliam #movies

More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
#quotes #haylie-duff #family #cooking #pizza

Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish 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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