Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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I don't trust a lot of journalists. ~Calvin Klein
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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