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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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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I live for now, not for what happens after I die. ~Liam Gallagher
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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I think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further. ~Donald Glover
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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