I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you read my message, it means I am cute. If you save, you agree I am cute. If you forward, you spread that I am cute and if you delete, you are jealous, because I am cute.
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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