I enjoyed my life when I had nothing. and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me. ~Joey Ramone
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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The trauma said. Don't write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones. ~Andrea Gibson
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After all, how dare Mel Gibson challenge the public by producing a film that spurs public discussion, that pushes the envelope, that takes an old story to a new level. How dare Mel Gibson follow his own passion as a filmmaker. How dare he make $20 million on the opening day box office! ~Laura Ingraham
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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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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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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