Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer. - Hesiod

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A lot of life is dealing with your curse, dealing with the cards you were given that aren't so nice. Does it make you into a monster, or can you temper it in some way, or accept it and go in some other direction?

Hesiod

Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer.

Competition, Enemy, Jealous, Potter, Tramp

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The man who procrastinates struggles with ruin.

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At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.

Beginning, Literature, Middle, Saving, Thy, Too Late

Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.

Grows, Literature, Misfortune, Mortals, Swiftly

You trust a thief when you trust a woman.

Thief, Thieves, Trust, Woman

There is also an evil report; light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of.

Difficult, Evil, Light, Nicknames, Report

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I understand everything,” he said. “You understand nothing, but it really doesn’t matter, since what you mean is, you’re glad to see me, just as I’m glad to see you because no more loneliness. ” “That’s what I mean,” said Fezzik.

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Wes Craven

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Mahatma Gandhi

Three quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view

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Earl Doherty

A heavenly location for the actions of the savior gods, including the death of Christ, would also have been influenced by most religions' ultimate derivation from astrotheology, as in the worship of the sun and moon. For this dimension of more remote Christian roots, see the books of Acharya S, especially 'Suns of God.

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Owen Wilson

There's something people find hilarious about dogs surfing and dancing and talking in the movies. I think it's nice for people - I think it's wish fulfillment - to see animals talking.

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