Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. ~Galileo Galilei
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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When we were all kids, there was one particular trailer that I think we can all remember. That was the trailer for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." There was an amazing teaser trailer with all this weird kind of documentary footage. We were like, "What was that! I've got to see that! What the hell was that?" ~Matt Reeves
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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That is what I try to do each and every week is give my best effort and not give up, no matter what comes at us. ~Kurt Busch
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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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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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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