In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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