Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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I didn't go to drama school, so I feel like I did all my growing up on "Hollyoaks." ~Nathalie Emmanuel
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. ~Desmond Dekker
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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. ~Martha Reeves
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. ~Susan Cain
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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You can almost taste the pressure now. ~Vin Scully
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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I will never ever sell Neverland. ~Michael Jackson
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school. ~Valentino Garavani
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market, I have so many vintage pieces from there it is unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. ~Kaya Scodelario
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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