My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface ~Christian Slater
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision. ~Charles Stanley
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