The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself. ~Candance Bushnell
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a wow outcome! ~Tom Peters
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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 felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I doubt anyone in Hollywood has had more "dates" than me. ~George Hamilton
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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