People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen 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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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence. ~Jay Duplass
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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I look at couples in the street who are in their sixties and have been together for 40 years, and they're my idols. That's Ice and me for sure. ~Coco Austin
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In Denmark, lots of people come up to me for autographs. ~Caroline Wozniacki
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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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
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We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
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The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. ~Thomas Jefferson
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