I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ~Tommy Shaw
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I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. ~Derek Jeter
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity. We must demand a separation between oil and state. We can get off oil and slow global warming. ~Leonardo DiCaprio
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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