A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #experience

I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
#quotes #richard-rodgers #theater

Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #excuses

When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
#quotes #illinois-jacquet #music

A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #fasting #meals

Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #heart

You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
#proverbs #friendship #cat

Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
#quotes #dallas-willard #christianity #jesus

The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
#quotes #jeffrey-sachs #money #economy

A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #stupidity #women #men

When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #learning

A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #silence #speaking

A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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I don't debate with liars. ~Evo Morales
#quotes #evo-morales #lying #debating

For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
#quotes #helen-suzman #criticism #law

The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
#quotes #james-madison #communication #free-speech

A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
#proverbs #singing #happiness

Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #age #honor #youth #nobility

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
#quotes #george-bernard-shaw #war #soldier

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #loss

A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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