A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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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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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company. ~Courtney B. Vance
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