Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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People should decide "are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?" I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money; they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet. ~Felix Baumgartner
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
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Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message. ~James Patterson
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. ~Bob Dylan
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American 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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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them. ~Helen Mirren
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The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent. ~Thomas E. Sniegoski
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