That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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I don't think a movie today that captured all the things that we did in the seventies could come close, because it's like asking to recreate the seventies and the audience sensibilities and that's impossible. ~Paul Michael Glaser
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school. ~Valentino Garavani
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. ~Rick Derringer
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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You can almost taste the pressure now. ~Vin Scully
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Are you the welcoming committee? Or has Jeremy finally chained you up to the front gate where you belong?" "I missed you too. ~Kelley Armstrong
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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