But we'd never really seen eye to eye. Mostly 'cause he was much taller than I was. ~Darynda Jones
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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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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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian 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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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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