Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Talk to me when I am bored. Be with me when I am sad. Hug me when i cry. Care for me when I am sick. Don't ever cry for me when I die! Just treasure me when I am alive.
#love #cute

When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Your birthday will always be remembered in a special way, because you have brought so much happiness into the lives of those who are close to you. Happy birthday to you!
#birthday #cute

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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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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