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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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proverbiosHe who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it. ~Marie de Rabutin Chantal
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world. ~Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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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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But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made. ~Errol Morris
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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To be a team, you must be a family. ~Don Meyer
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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