Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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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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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. ~Dick Cheney
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One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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