Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ~Caleb Cushing
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu 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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