There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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Fear and courage are brothers. ~Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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I admit that, my wife is outspoken, but by whom? ~Sam Levenson
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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Rose is famous for grace, advocate is famous for case, horse is famous for race. But you are famous for sweetness on your face.
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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