A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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The necessity for "professionals" in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged. ~Jason Alexander
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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Under the shadow of swords, any plan is good. ~Mehmet Murat Ildan
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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The unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of invention within them. Economy and efficiency move their relentless tinkering and yet the real motive often seems to be aesthetic. The mind that first designed a cutter bar is not far different from a mind that can take the intractable steel of an outsized sickle blade and make it hum in the end. The question is how to reduce the simplicity that constitutes a problem to the greater simplicity that constitutes a solution. ~Verlyn Klinkenborg
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing, "What is real?" Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power, that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing. ~Philip K. Dick
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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Invest less at the end of the month. Brokers tend to push stocks at the end of the month in an effort to match or surpass their previous month's sales. ~Nancy Dunnan
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. ~Neil LaBute
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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You know, if you don't do nothin, you don't do nothin. ~Arthur Godfrey
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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