The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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If someone were to say, "Well, what would you have done differently?" I'd say, "Nothing." I think you need to make mistakes. ~Kim Kardashian
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down. ~Young Buck
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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In our post 9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ~Mike Rogers
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune. ~Proverb
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Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday. ~Jerry B. Jenkins
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
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