I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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proverbiosI have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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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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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanses Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. ~Bill Gates
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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I felt as if I had attended the funeral of someone I didn't know. ~Pauline Kael
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up. ~Jennifer Ellison
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I have picked myself up and gone on. ~Sharon Stone
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