It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace. ~M. Scott Peck
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world. ~Frederick Lenz
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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