Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know. ~Hunter Hayes
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ~Richard Lugar
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I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I have picked myself up and gone on. ~Sharon Stone
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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I am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that is just how it is going to be. ~Jen Lancaster
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African 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 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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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
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She really mellowed me out that way. We both definitely grew with each other and with the whole experience. ~Brian Austin Green
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school. ~Valentino Garavani
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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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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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