A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh 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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Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease. ~Jim Rohn
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There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy. ~Bono
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to at best three years. ~Helen Fisher
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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