I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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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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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant. ~Paul Dirac
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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