Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
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Our content carries the Forbes name, and our whole mantra is to put authoritative journalism at the center of the social media experience. ~Michael Perlis
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. ~Jerry Bridges
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
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The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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