Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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For my own style, I love vintage. 60's and 70's are my favorite. I love baby doll dresses and the soft colors. I try to mix a little bit of modern into that; maybe I'll wear it with boots. At my school we wear a uniform, but we have one day a week we can wear whatever we want. ~Elle Fanning
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you. ~Bryce Harper
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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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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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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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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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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