Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
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"He's just a little unbalanced and lonely." He put his arms around my waist, frowning. "Can't he be lonely and unbalanced around someone else's girlfriend?" "I'll suggest it. ~Kiersten White
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. ~Ryan White
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
#quotes #norman-lear #family #racism

It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy; they are coming together. There need not be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe. ~Orhan Pamuk
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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