I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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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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Animals are the best actors. They never lie, they're always present, and they listen. That's a lot more than a lot of actors can say for themselves. ~Graham Phillips
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them. ~Helen Mirren
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. ~Akhil Sharma
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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