People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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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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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian 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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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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