You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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I love to work, so give me what you have got. I will play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work. ~Danny Trejo
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation to pay taxes that you do not owe. In fact, you should be seeking ways to legally minimise your taxes. ~John Mackey
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One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. ~George Archer
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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"You're children. Don't you want a home, a family?" "With, like, vitamin-fortified cereal and educational television? ~James Patterson
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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