The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh 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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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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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school. ~Valentino Garavani
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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I am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that is just how it is going to be. ~Jen Lancaster
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Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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