Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that is fantastic for me. ~Stephen Chow
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A human heart that matched what we think of as heart-shaped; a perfectly formed bright red thing with two halves of equal size; would be one that was horribly diseased. The origin of this stylized representation is somewhat obscure, but it probably appeared at the same time as St. Valentine's Day, about whose history there is much dispute. ~George Fetherling
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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Ideas without execution are hallucinations. ~Thomas A. Edison
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Idolatry is permissible in Hinduism when it sub serves an ideal. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese 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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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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