Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ~Louisa May Alcott
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught. ~Eric Ries
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In Denmark, lots of people come up to me for autographs. ~Caroline Wozniacki
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. ~Neil LaBute
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In kindergarten I had to draw a picture of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I drew a rapper. I didn't really know what a rapper was or what they did; I just wanted to do it. ~B.o.B
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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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
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Are you the welcoming committee? Or has Jeremy finally chained you up to the front gate where you belong?" "I missed you too. ~Kelley Armstrong
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