Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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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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Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle. ~Heather Brewer
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German 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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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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