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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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proverbiosI think that the best rock n' roll is about the spirit of being young, the feeling of being 16 and getting crazy with your friends and going out to a show and just that whole feeling. ~Sebastian Bach
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow. ~Frank Dane
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone. ~Charles Ghigna
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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