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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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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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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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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