Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~Olympia Dukakis
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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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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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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