Places are fragmentary and inward-turning histories, pasts that others are not allowed to read, accumulated times that can be unfolded but like stories held in reserve, remaining in an enigmatic state, symbolizations encysted in the pain or pleasure of he body. "I feel good here": the well-being under-expressed in the language it appears in like a fleeting glimmer is a spatial practice. ~Michel de Certeau
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If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug! ~Rachel Caine
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, "Who's that?" But this got me started in acting. ~James Stewart
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The debate over same sex "marriage" has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. ~Elliott Abrams
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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It always surprised me that I was getting acting work. ~Mary Lynn Rajskub
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food; you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study. ~Henry B. Eyring
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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