Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena? ~Dan Rather
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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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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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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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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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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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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish 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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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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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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If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
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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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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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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French 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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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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