I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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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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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. ~Ayn Rand
#quotes #ayn-rand #mistakes #individual

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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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
#proverbs #promise

I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
#proverbs #labor #work

I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. ~William Shatner
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat? ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Science is not about what is true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence. ~Lee Smolin
#quotes #lee-smolin #believe #science

A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
#quotes #rainer-maria-rilke #writing #heart

Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching. ~Steve Waugh
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
#quotes #donald-davis #reality #stories

Social media is not about the exploitation of technology but service to community. ~Simon Mainwaring
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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