The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. ~Mason Cooley
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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All the prayers in the Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped together. ~Stephen Charnock
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One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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Movements are as eloquent as words. ~Isadora Duncan
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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