Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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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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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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I love documentaries and the computer. I am a little addicted to the computer, and that relaxes me. I find information, I shop, and I look up people I worked with to find out if they're dead or alive. ~Anne Meara
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. ~David Coleman
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