Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it. ~Richard Dawkins
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene. ~Grimes
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All artists are anarchists in some way; some more extreme than others, but it is something that I think artists are supposed to do. We are supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is as much as poetry, in my opinion. ~Robert Zemeckis
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ~Tommy Shaw
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York. ~Michael Arad
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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