The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York. ~Roy Ayers
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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No matter what you do each day; or in life, doing things God's way is a matter of the heart. ~Elizabeth George
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese 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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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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