On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
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I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk to. ~Rodney Dangerfield
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
#quotes #garth-ennis #stories

Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. ~Maya Angelou
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For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. ~Warren Christopher
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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