There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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"Feminist comedy," practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. ~Grace Slick
#quotes #grace-slick #women

The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good. ~Brad Goreski
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
#quotes #jay-leno #government

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
#quotes #eddie-izzard #acting #comedy

It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
#quotes #george-eliot #youth

I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East. ~Bernie Sanders
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
#quotes #richard-ford #poverty #floods #new-orleans

Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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Fear and courage are brothers. ~Proverb
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