I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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This arena is a special place. Everybody loves it. To be able to stand behind the bench and be a part of a great tournament for the '96 Elite is fun. The kids, having a chance to play in the building where the Penguins play, it's a special feeling for them. ~Mario Lemieux
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So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what this is. ~Stephen Chbosky
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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