The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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Gossip is hardly uplifting. ~Ginger Rogers
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality. ~Ronald Dworkin
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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