A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good. ~Brad Goreski
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I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. ~Theodore Roosevelt
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~William Arthur Ward
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
#quotes #amy-tan #family

The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
#quotes #gilbert-k-chesterton #gratitude #atheism

Life is tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid. ~John Wayne
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary. ~Billy Crystal
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All the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas. ~Dionne Warwick
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