I want to take back at least half of the "I love you"s, because I didn't mean them as much as the other ones. ~David Levithan
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The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. ~Thomas Jefferson
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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My dad in particular, I tend to use; I call him "The Brain." If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings. ~Joshua Malina
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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