Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. ~Thurston Moore
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Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish 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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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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