The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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I only discovered the "Harry Potter" series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day and night. It was the morning after one such readathon when I was to appear for a chemistry exam. Spending my night with the third edition of "Harry Potter" didn't help much, and I fared poorly. ~Sonam Kapoor
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. ~Thurston Moore
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg. I don't usually admit this publicly, because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it, to use it as a way of luring audiences in. ~Terry Gilliam
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor. ~Ray Liotta
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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