And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
#quotes #emily-watson #relationship #surprise

Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
#proverbs #exaggeration

As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've seen you engage and I've seen you turn out in record numbers. I've heard your voices amplified by creativity and a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend. I've seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course. ~Barack Obama
#quotes #barack-obama #politics

The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
#quotes #jose-mourinho #chelsea #samuel-eto-o #football

I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
#quotes #charlize-theron #travel #world #south-africa

If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it! ~Estelle
#quotes #estelle #music

People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
#quotes #stephen-rea #people

Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
#quotes #samuel-taylor-coleridge #mind

The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
#quotes #samuel-adams #power #law #king #prince

Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
#quotes #samuel-p-huntington #united-states #black

The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
#proverbs #russian-proverbs #wealth #poverty

The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #manners #wait

A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
#proverbs #greek-proverbs #heart #love #youth

If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
#quotes #david-suzuki #environment

The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverb #health #disease

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #progress #motivation #success

We are focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. ~John W. Snow
#quotes #john-w-snow #economy

Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #death #respect

Your prosperity will only grow as fast as you do. ~Randy Gage
#quotes #randy-gage #prosperity #growth

I want you to really be able to grasp the wonder of it, the marvel of it, the size of it and really be able to get a good conception of its magnificence and it tremendous colossal gigantic stupendous size and beauty and splendour! ~David Berg
#quotes #david-berg #magnificence #beauty

Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
#proverbs #flemish-proverbs #light #doctors #medicine

I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
#quotes #nicolas-cage #acting #tv #entertainment #music