Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
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His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself. ~Tyler The Creator
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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