Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ~Salma Hayek
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg. I don't usually admit this publicly, because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it, to use it as a way of luring audiences in. ~Terry Gilliam
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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