I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew 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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Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay. ~John Schlesinger
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~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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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. ~Gene Tunney
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian 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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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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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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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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