Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that. ~Bill Hicks
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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