I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can undo a lot of things. If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That's the thing I really feel. ~Jennifer Aniston
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family vacation or people at the beach with their kids or at sporting events with their kids; you wonder, "Is that a part of your life that you want to go into?" ~Kevin Connolly
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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I can't imagine what they're planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it, and it won't be legal. ~Eoin Colfer
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We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Fear and courage are brothers. ~Proverb
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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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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I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look; that healthy equals beautiful. ~Victoria Principal
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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