He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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I've just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can. ~Kimi Raikkonen
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There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods. ~Teri Hatcher
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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If you weren't pretty, it wouldn't matter what you said or didn't say. That's why you're getting this attention. ~Miesha Tate
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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It is my object, in the following work, to travel over ground which has as yet been little explored and to make my reader acquainted with a species of Remains, which, though absolutely necessary for understanding the history of the globe, have been hitherto almost uniformly neglected. ~Georges Cuvier
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do. ~Simon Sinek
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. ~Kathie Lee Gifford
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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