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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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
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Your competitive advantage must be perceivable, promotable, and something the market will pay for. ~Brian Tracy
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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Life is tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid. ~John Wayne
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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