Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation. ~Jack Steinberger
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I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family vacation or people at the beach with their kids or at sporting events with their kids; you wonder, "Is that a part of your life that you want to go into?" ~Kevin Connolly
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Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. ~Suzanne Collins
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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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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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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I don't ever want to be comfortable with anything I'm doing. ~Ron Perlman
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I didn't want to be anyone else. ~Gordon Waller
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
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Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be. ~Dorothy Salisbury Davis
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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