America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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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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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia. ~Jason Aldean
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
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Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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