You think you are prepared. You think you have done everything you're supposed to, study hard, work hard, keep yourself out of trouble, and then, whoosh! Something arrives out of the blue that you never saw coming. Something you never even imagined. Something that will knock your little world off its axis. Something that will either change your life for the better, or end it forever. Chaos. ~James Michael
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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The support in Britain made a big difference. ~Louise Woodward
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself. ~Tyler The Creator
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Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world. ~Frederick Lenz
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