So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
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In our post 9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ~Mike Rogers
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I like to play music; play guitar; I love that. Play some golf in the summer. Just relax, enjoy the summer. That's nice. ~Henrik Lundqvist
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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You can trust the promise of this opening. Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning. That is at one with your life's desire. ~John O'Donohue
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
#quotes #bill-laswell #music

Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs

Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena? ~Dan Rather
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You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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I never read the tabloids. ~Dana Carvey
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