Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted; it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. ~Paul Ryan
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do. ~Simon Sinek
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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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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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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