He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. ~Susan Cain
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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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 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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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese 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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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian 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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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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