He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods. ~Teri Hatcher
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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