How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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