Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool. ~Mark Webber
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel. ~Heidi Baker
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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I think "Voldemort" is definitely the scariest villain. ~Lauren Oliver
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. ~Sylvia Boorstein
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. ~Jane Fonda
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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