Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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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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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you. ~Bryce Harper
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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I admit that, my wife is outspoken, but by whom? ~Sam Levenson
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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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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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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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