The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again. ~Mara Wilson
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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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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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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People should decide "are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?" I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money; they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet. ~Felix Baumgartner
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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That's what acting is; it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. ~Kerry Washington
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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