I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Sometimes the personality or just the particular process of a director can really affect your quality of life as a composer in terms of how much time you spend away from your family or the amount of time you spend doing the type of work that you maybe don't consider as fun to do as other type of work. ~Christophe Beck
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go. ~Charles Bukowski
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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In our post 9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ~Mike Rogers
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool. ~Mark Webber
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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It is amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you are no longer president. ~George H. W. Bush
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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