Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years. ~Wendell Willkie
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation. ~Jack Steinberger
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you're not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you're beautiful, just the way you are. ~Candace Bushnell
#quotes #candace-bushnell #beauty #love

I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
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I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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