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I felt despair. Though it seems to me now there's two kinds of it: the sort that causes a person to surrender and then the sort I had which made me take risks and make plans.
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Erica Eisdorfer, The Wet Nurse's Tale, 2009
It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.
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Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998
I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
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Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), Incidentals (1907)
We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.
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Ray Bradbury (1920 - )
A way to a man's heart is through his stomach, that shit true as gold. You put some love in your food and a fool can taste it.
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Raelle Tucker, True Blood, Cold Ground, 2008
Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.
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J. B. Priestley (1894 - 1984)
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life....Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), letter to her sister, Mary Smith Cranch, 1784
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
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Chinese Proverb
The past with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, it punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be.
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Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984)
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
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Segal's Law
The words 'I am...' are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.
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A. L. Kitselman
A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself.
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Henry Morgan
As I see it, every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself.
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Adelle Davis (1904 - 1974)
Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.
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Sir Thomas Browne (1605 - 1682), 'Christian Morals,' 1716
The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy.
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Charlotte-Catherine
I want to change the pop world one sequin at a time. Artists tend to take themselves way too seriously and don't enjoy the fun of making an impact on culture. I just have a good time and sequins represent a good time.
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Lady Gaga (1986 - ), BBC Breakfast, 04-21-09
I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
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Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.
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Kate Reid
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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