Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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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
#quotes #melody-carlson #writing #process

Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. ~John Mayall
#quotes #john-mayall #music

A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
#quotes #jose-saramago #women

I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all. ~Nancy Sinatra
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. ~Laozi
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #humor

There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
#quotes #james-bovard #responsibility

Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
#quotes #babyface #ambition #music

When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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