Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances. ~Bryan Adams
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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My whole life has been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it. ~Tony Fernandes
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel. ~Heidi Baker
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The debate over same sex "marriage" has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. ~Elliott Abrams
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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In our post 9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. ~Mike Rogers
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it. ~Franco Nero
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