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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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Places are fragmentary and inward-turning histories, pasts that others are not allowed to read, accumulated times that can be unfolded but like stories held in reserve, remaining in an enigmatic state, symbolizations encysted in the pain or pleasure of he body. "I feel good here": the well-being under-expressed in the language it appears in like a fleeting glimmer is a spatial practice. ~Michel de Certeau
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Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian 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 chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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