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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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quotistThere are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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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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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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