When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug! ~Rachel Caine
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow. ~Frank Dane
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. ~Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy; they are coming together. There need not be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe. ~Orhan Pamuk
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations. ~Richard Reti
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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