Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up, it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together. ~Michael Light
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home. ~Daphne Guinness
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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