The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese 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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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone. ~Charles Ghigna
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