One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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Social media is not about the exploitation of technology but service to community. ~Simon Mainwaring
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees. ~John Mackey
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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I only discovered the "Harry Potter" series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day and night. It was the morning after one such readathon when I was to appear for a chemistry exam. Spending my night with the third edition of "Harry Potter" didn't help much, and I fared poorly. ~Sonam Kapoor
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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