Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. ~Jacki Weaver
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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"Feminist comedy," practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. ~Grace Slick
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good. ~Brad Goreski
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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