Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably. ~John Bunyan
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Every decision you make is a mistake. ~Edward Dahlberg
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. ~Dick Cheney
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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That's what acting is; it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. ~Kerry Washington
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We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's "China Beach," "The West Wing," or "E.R." ~Michael Cudlitz
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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