And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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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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Every step of life shows much caution is required. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
#quotes #valerie-simpson #entertainment #black

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. ~Robert Scheer
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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. ~Annie Leibovitz
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To eat off another man's plate. [To live on another's expense.] ~Juvenal
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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
#quotes #anthony-trollope #law

I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, "Who's that?" But this got me started in acting. ~James Stewart
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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