The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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Every step of life shows much caution is required. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to. ~Chic Murray
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Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. ~George E. Allen
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese 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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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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I have always felt that kids are really smart. ~Michelle Trachtenberg
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow. ~Barry Sheene
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