Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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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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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do. ~Halle Berry
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
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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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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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If someone were to say, "Well, what would you have done differently?" I'd say, "Nothing." I think you need to make mistakes. ~Kim Kardashian
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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