But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #reason

A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state. ~Benjamin Netanyahu
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
#quotes #margaret-fuller #heart #wish

A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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