If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to at best three years. ~Helen Fisher
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough. ~Lucinda Williams
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. ~Susan Cain
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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