I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow. ~Barry Sheene
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese 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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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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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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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market, I have so many vintage pieces from there it is unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. ~Kaya Scodelario
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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