It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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It is so boring to just hire a fancy caterer and have them do everything. ~Nicole Miller
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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It was as if Snape had started handing out sweets. ~J. K. Rowling
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It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum. Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun. Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock. Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock. ~Marty Stuart
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
#quotes #jessye-norman #mind #experience #world

A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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