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It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing

that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others. Sydney J. Harris I couldn't really relate to the fraternity or party scene, to the people out in the mall every day protesting one thing or another. I felt like there was no one I could relate to. Charlie Trotter A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all. Georges Bernanos Fortune favors the prepared mind. Louis Pasteur Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands. Bob Feller Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. Jean Vanier
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The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human

rights, and economic development. The UN is as relevant today as at any time in its history, but it needs reform. Chuck Hagel Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. Vaclav Havel A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. Horace Mann I work a lot, and not just in Las Vegas. Juice Newton Whether for life or death, do your own work well. John Ruskin If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel. Jim Morrison What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid. Robin G. Collingwood
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It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of

the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer. George Muller If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend. Saint Augustine It was just using the liquid shampoo - the Russians have one very similar to the stuff we use on the Shuttle - you just wet your hair with it and then wipe it out. Shannon Lucid Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals. Abba Eban When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there. Colin Greenwood Hollywood has always been a cage... a cage to catch our dreams. John Huston Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success. Vanessa Redgrave
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Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it

to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely. Carl Levin But we will lose the millions of records being created daily in a dizzying array of electronic forms unless we find a way to preserve and keep them accessible indefinitely. Allen Weinstein In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her. Sam Houston A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it. William Styron My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me. Barry Gibb If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end. Arthur Baer A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers. H. L. Mencken
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a

certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld I expect that our associates will walk with a little more bounce in their step and understand that this company is behind them and has respect for them. Lee Scott True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare. Gilbert K. Chesterton We're all crazy and the only difference between patients and their therapists is the therapists haven't been caught yet. Max Walker What's more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say? Logan Pearsall Smith The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights. Shirin Ebadi If there is one creature that represents my essence, it's butterflies. Patricia Velasquez
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We were number one most added at radio, when the single came out and that's

much different. It took like eight months for any radio to happen on the first record, so a lot more support has happened right out of the box. Jon Crosby I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut. Josh Lucas Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly. Ivan Turgenev Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. Ambrose Bierce So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami. Ruben Blades There is nothing to be embarrassed about being profitable. Terry Semel Being in therapy is great. I spend an hour just talking about myself. It's kinda like being the guy on a date. Caroline Rhea
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I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always

a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising. Lusia Strus I would also certainly continue to keep loan repayment interest rates as low as possible. And I would spread the financial aid a little less thinly across all income brackets. Charles Vest I don't know what I did in this life to deserve all of this. I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. Hilary Swank The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. Charles R. Swindoll If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. Alphonse de Lamartine Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it. Robert Motherwell Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me. Alexander Pope
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Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a

purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works. Thomas Aquinas Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about. With all that's going on, how could I stop? Gwendolyn Brooks The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. Toni Morrison No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls. Horatio Alger Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. Gilbert K. Chesterton One forgives to the degree that one loves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning. Casey Affleck
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The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story

of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity. Helen Hayes They rushed to move it forward, uh, and then a lawsuit was filed and we spent many months litigating, rather than trying to come up with legislation and move forward on that front. Tom Udall In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test. Adam Savage I hate record labels. They think they know everything. I want to hear them try to sing it. Jessica Simpson What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely. Franklin P. Jones Oakley and Burton have been my main sponsors since '87. I've been riding for both of them. Craig Kelly You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box. George W. Bush
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The relationship I have to my fatherland is like that of mothers with crippled children:

they love them all the more, the more crippled they are. Germany is the background of all my plans, the return to Germany. Friedrich List The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction. Harry S Truman All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. Leo Tolstoy Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them. Thomas Fuller Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills. Hugh Mackay There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free. Jackie Robinson The conscience of the dying belies their life. Luc de Clapiers
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There may be no issue that better illustrates the differences between Republicans and Democrats than

energy. Consider it the 'all of the above' strategy for reducing gas prices, versus the 'all pain, no gain' plan for punishing those who emit carbon (like you). Roy Blunt I don't believe in 'thinking' old. Although I've transitioned through many bodies - a baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, mid-life and older adult - my spirit is unchanged. I support my body with exercise, my mind with reading and writing, and my spirit with the knowing that I am part of the Divine source of all life. Wayne Dyer The spiritual (i.e. the supersensory) has many degrees; thus, the term 'spiritual' is used both for the scale of degrees away from the physical towards the spirit, but also only for the spiritual proper. Piet Mondrian I always say: 'If I'm lucky enough to be given the opportunity to work again, that's it, I'm being wheeled on, sitting on a sofa, and someone's going to feed me grapes, and I'm not getting up.' Mic...
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I have hundreds and hundreds of people from Brazil, Chile, Columbia and Argentina,

every day, buying my music and telling me about it online. Gabrielle Aplin The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage. Orlando Bloom It's actually the minority of religious people who rejects science or feel threatened by it or want to sort of undo or restrict the... where science can go. The rest, you know, are just fine with science. And it has been that way ever since the beginning. Neil deGrasse Tyson To ask a country with 750 million people living on less than a dollar a day to optimize their development for the environment as opposed to getting food in the mouths of these people and giving them a decent lifestyle, that's just a little bit too much to ask. Thomas P.M. Barnett I try to get away from the pits as quickly as I can. I speak to my engineer when I get out of the car, usually there's some press to do, then I will go off and have a shower and get my dry, clean overalls and clothing on. I'll have ...
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I checked myself out in that funeral parlour scene. I saw myself laughing, because there

was a shot of Ed and I together and Mary was right in back of us. My head turned from the camera and I saw myself laughing, because Mary was absolutely brilliant in that thing. Gavin MacLeod It's funny, when I'm not on the road or doing stuff with Bad Company - or whatever- I've always written songs galore... a lot of stuff people don't even hear. Mick Ralphs Once you get yourselves into things that are working on a deeper level, you just have to keep going. When you reach that deeper level, you can't go back. Matt Stone I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation. Jayson Blair We're not perfect. We're a work in progress. But man, America has gotten a lot of things right. Donna Edwards The world is starving for a new spiritual truth - a truth that works in sustaining life, not a truth that brings an end to life. Neale Donald Walsch Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy...
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Theo van Doesburg wanted to teach in the Bauhaus in 1922. I refused, however, to

  appoint him since I considered him to be too aggressive and too rigidly theoretical: he would have wrought havoc in the Bauhaus through his fanatic attitude, which ran counter to my own broader approach. Walter Gropius I'm surprised how many people are into vinyl. Stephen Morris The first time I went to Cannes, Gus Van Sant was there in competition with 'Last Days.' Justin Kurzel My goal is to make a movie that no one would sort of expect me to make. Anya Taylor-Joy One of the depressing things one realizes as one gets older is how much of one's tastes and attitudes are simply products of economic circumstance at the time. Nick Hornby We worked with Max Martin's team, MXM, who are the best in the business as well. We worked with Stargate, which was phenomenal, and Victoria Monet. Ally Brooke I was going to go to a midnight screening of 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' in college, and it's the sort of thing where people dress up. So I got dressed up, and t...
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If you're getting different prescriptions from different doctors, there has to be some sort of

check and balance in there somewhere. Nikki Sixx I glory in the fact that a human being has multiple talents and exercises them all with a degree of integrity and artistic proficiency. That's what I do. Theodore Bikel In surveys, many borrowers say reverse mortgages have improved their lives and provided money they needed for retirement. Charles Duhigg I don't want to disrupt anything. We never conceive of our products as disruptive - we don't look at something and say, 'Let's disrupt that.' It's always about how we can evolve this and make this better. Evan Spiegel People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving. Iman I love 'Die Hard,' man. It's the best. Reid Carolin In a weird way, if you look at all the 'Apes' movies, they all seem like different stories in the same universe. 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' is definitely a continuation, but the other ones jump...
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price

today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term. Zhang Jindong California's drought affects everyone in the state, from farmers to fishermen, business owners to suburban residents, and everyone has a role to play in using precious water resources as wisely and efficiently as possible. Frances Beinecke I do think 'Gogglebox' is extraordinarily insightful, and I think if politicians want to understand how we are viewed at home, it's quite recommended viewing. David Cameron I always feel compelled to lend my voice to things I strongly believe in. Keri Hilson It's never easy getting an independent film made and distributed - even when it's easy. Paul Dinello Those who elected Hamas in Palestine did so on the basis of its political platform. Hassan Nasrallah Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest. Dan Gertler It is a rule of international law that weapons and methods of warfare which do not discriminate be...
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There are many individuals, companies and even countries operating in what I call a 'me

first' mentality, which is effectively a purely competitive approach to life, treating the planet as if it has infinite resources and pitting one country against another for supremacy. Simon Mainwaring Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race. Jonathan Sacks I'm very good at delegating - people work much better when they have a real sense of responsibility. But at the same time, I don't like surprises. I don't pore over every shoot, but I do like to be aware at all times of what's going on. Anna Wintour Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society. Edward Bond All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off. Jack Kemp Honestly, most of the stuff I made for 'TV on the Radio,' I write in the stu...
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When I talk football with my friends, I don't talk about Tom Brady's hair. I

talk about how he handles the blitz, or how he runs his offense. I talk as a fan. I don't want pink jerseys, and I don't want dumbed-down content. I want to be treated as a real fan - because I am proud to be one. Indra Nooyi Abandoned homes are everyone's problem, afflicting communities all over the state. Eric Schneiderman I know how to deal with jet lag, and I know just how much rest I need and when I need to take naps. When you walk on stage, you need your brain working at its highest and most fully-functioning, so it's not always easy, but I sort of figure it out. Joshua Bell It's all about being comfortable, being easy and having you be able to wear something and not having it wear you. It's classic. Every time I've tried to be bold and crazy, I feel like a Japanese animated cartoon character. Jennifer Aniston Silverstone is challenging, but it has a good feel. It's one of the quickest tracks of the year, with legendary corners like the...
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I feel my work is made for one being, one individual. You could say that's

me, but that's not really true. It's for an idealized viewer. James Turrell The only thing we know for sure about superiority in sports in the United States of America in the 20th century is that Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics teams he led stand alone as the ultimate winners. Frank Deford I love yoga. There's a lot of stretching involved, which helps with my flexibility and injury prevention. Vinyasa is my favorite as a recovery tool and for me to continue having my legs feel good. Alex Morgan When you get on the back side of your 60s, most people aren't working. Tom Petty God doesn't give you more than you can handle. Leanne Caret For as long as I can remember, I've just loved Chanel. Lily-Rose Depp I always dreamed of going to the Olympics. To be going to the Games in your own country is another thing; to do it as a potential medallist is another thing again. Hannah Mills To me, Berlin is as much a conceit as a reality. Why? Because t...
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I remember very little about writing the first series of 'Hitchhiker's.' It's almost as if

someone else wrote it. Douglas Adams Betting on the success of innovative technologies in the marketplace can carry all the uncertainty and risk that betting on the next card in the deck does at a blackjack table in Las Vegas. There is a factor of randomness that must be factored in, but precisely how to do so is anyone's guess. Henry Petroski I'm more interested in having a place to work out my voice and my body than I am in having furniture. Wendy O. Williams I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves, so I'm definitely well-versed on what goes on in the mind and the heart of a person who self-destructs as their coping mechanism, and also what they're like when you take their preferred substance away. Natasha Lyonne The end of a story must be stronger rather than weaker than the beginning, since it is the end which contains the denouement or culmination and which will leave the strongest im...
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