Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~Olympia Dukakis
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. ~Dick Cheney
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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There's a myth that free-to-play is cheaper than a $60 game. It's just elastic. For some users, it winds up being a lot more expensive. I would have paid $150 a year to get a better version of FIFA. ~Mitch Lasky
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world. ~Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
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