There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that is fantastic for me. ~Stephen Chow
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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