The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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A promise is a debt. ~Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Everything in moderation. And that includes a couple of beers a day. ~Stephen King
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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I want to take back at least half of the "I love you"s, because I didn't mean them as much as the other ones. ~David Levithan
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. ~Neil LaBute
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A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. ~Pearl Bailey
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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They were close to the end of the beginning... ~Stephen King
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