Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
#quotes #loren-eiseley #nature

We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's "China Beach," "The West Wing," or "E.R." ~Michael Cudlitz
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
#quotes #lauren-oliver #thinking #death

A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
#proverbs #children #daughters

Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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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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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
#quotes #cole-porter #writing

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
#proverbs #grandparents

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
#quotes #william-j-h-boetcker #character #courage #independence #freedom

A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
#proverbs #italian-proverbs #focus

I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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