I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. ~Miles Teller
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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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