I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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We cannot come to honour under coverlet. ~George Herbert
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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