I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. ~Jerry Bridges
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
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When you are starting out as an actor people are very interested in who you are because they want to know where they can put you. And quite often, and we're all guilty of this is our lives, we judge very quickly and we pigeon-hole people very quickly based on how they look and how they talk and how they dress and we think: "Oh yeah, we know who you are." ~Tom Hiddleston
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English 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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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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