No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
#quotes #richard-ford #poverty #floods #new-orleans

A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the "Bad Day at Black Rock" laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it. ~Paul Thomas Anderson
#quotes #paul-thomas-anderson #film

Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
#quotes #jane-byrne #pride #chicago

One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Death is just life's next big adventure. ~J. K. Rowling
#quotes #j-k-rowling #death #life

Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian 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

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
#quotes #albert-j-nock #society #knowledge

A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
#quotes #john-calvin #god

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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