A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down. ~Young Buck
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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