Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to. ~Martin Luther
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I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I would bring things to class that I had cooked at home. ~Giada De Laurentiis
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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably. ~John Bunyan
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing, and put it into a story. ~Scott Rudin
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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I love to work, so give me what you have got. I will play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work. ~Danny Trejo
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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ~Tommy Shaw
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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