Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that. ~Bill Hicks
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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