I invented the cordless extension cord. ~Steven Wright
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ~Barbara Cartland
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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