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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
#quotes #sylvia-plath #purity #feminism
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #trust
proverbiosA ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
#quotes #alan-ball #nature #life #heart
But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
#proverbs #yoruban-proverbs #beauty
There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite. ~Jorge Luis Borges
#quotes #jorge-luis-borges #evil #ethics
I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
#quotes #melody-carlson #writing #process
Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
#quotes #michel-de-montaigne #human
Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
#proverbs #malagasy-proverbs #love
Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
#quotes #anne-lamott #suffering #books
Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #heart #evil #matters
Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #love #romance
Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #heart #love
Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
#quotes #peter-elbow #ideas #practice
America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
#quotes #sylvia-earle #individual #freedom #government #united-states
A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #fasting #meals
No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism #ego
If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
#proverbs #native-american-proverbs #earth #environment