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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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proverbiosA narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish 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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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the no-fly zone. ~Philippe Perrin
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After all, how dare Mel Gibson challenge the public by producing a film that spurs public discussion, that pushes the envelope, that takes an old story to a new level. How dare Mel Gibson follow his own passion as a filmmaker. How dare he make $20 million on the opening day box office! ~Laura Ingraham
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese 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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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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You would think that Freddy Couples' Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time. ~Fuzzy Zoeller
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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