I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
#proverbs #eating

It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
#quotes #tommy-franks #war

A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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I think we were colonized by aliens 250,000 years ago, and they genetically altered our DNA to be primates into homo erectus and humans. I'm very interested in how we evolved so suddenly, which obviously ties in with the alien thing. ~Al Jourgensen
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
#quotes #madeleine-albright #change

We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person. ~Louise Slaughter
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid. ~Rafael Nadal
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