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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me. ~Anna Kournikova
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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proverbiosAs we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanses Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called worrying depends upon having a brain that can reason, remember, reflect, feel, and imagine. Only humans have a brain big enough to do this simultaneously and do it well. ~Edward Hallowell
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. ~Kathie Lee Gifford
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. ~Warren Christopher
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