Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's "China Beach," "The West Wing," or "E.R." ~Michael Cudlitz
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Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune. ~Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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