The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ~Louisa May Alcott
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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People talk about the '60s, but they were merely a mass production of what the '50s had begun. ~Peter O'Toole
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Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
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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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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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They say I tried to hurt my nurse. I tell them they tried to hurt me first. ~CJ Roberts
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes Valmore
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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