As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle. ~Heather Brewer
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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