Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ~Dave Davies
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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