Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm living the dream. ~David Petraeus
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You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you. ~Jim Palmer
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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If you weren't pretty, it wouldn't matter what you said or didn't say. That's why you're getting this attention. ~Miesha Tate
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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"You're children. Don't you want a home, a family?" "With, like, vitamin-fortified cereal and educational television? ~James Patterson
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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