It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders. ~Tom Robbins
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It is my object, in the following work, to travel over ground which has as yet been little explored and to make my reader acquainted with a species of Remains, which, though absolutely necessary for understanding the history of the globe, have been hitherto almost uniformly neglected. ~Georges Cuvier
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg. I don't usually admit this publicly, because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it, to use it as a way of luring audiences in. ~Terry Gilliam
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that, women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. ~Louise Otto-Peters
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