Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life. ~Joseph Prince
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Yeah, I think there are a lot of things about Cleveland that I miss. Los Angeles is a funny place to live. ~Monica Potter
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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A handful of patience is worth a bushel of brains. ~Hobart Brown
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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