The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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I have had a few people recognise me in public. But I wouldn't like everybody to recognise me. I can still walk across the street and not be noticed. ~Bonnie Wright
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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