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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg. I don't usually admit this publicly, because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it, to use it as a way of luring audiences in. ~Terry Gilliam
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quotistSmooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations. ~Sue Kelly
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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