[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I think that the best rock n' roll is about the spirit of being young, the feeling of being 16 and getting crazy with your friends and going out to a show and just that whole feeling. ~Sebastian Bach
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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I am getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan. ~Michael Reagan
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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