I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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I hate when people think you're broken because your parents are divorced. And I really reject the idea of staying together for the kids. If they're growing up in a house that's not healthy, it's better to know that's not the model of what marriage should be. ~Anna Kendrick
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Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
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It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it ~Miley Cyrus
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I just can't sleep tonight knowing that things ain't right. ~Justin Bieber
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Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
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I'm 31 now. I think I'm beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means. ~Adam Sandler
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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