I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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All my friends I've known since I was really little. ~Leona Lewis
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. ~Thomas Jefferson
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
#quotes #charles-lamb #black

Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. ~Robert Scheer
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I have always felt that kids are really smart. ~Michelle Trachtenberg
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