Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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I have a natural curiosity for people. ~Nicholas Haslam
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. ~Ron Paul
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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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I didn't meddle. If I did meddle there wouldn't be all this violence. All this horrible sexism in games. ~Lincoln Chafee
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Sometimes the personality or just the particular process of a director can really affect your quality of life as a composer in terms of how much time you spend away from your family or the amount of time you spend doing the type of work that you maybe don't consider as fun to do as other type of work. ~Christophe Beck
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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Death is just life's next big adventure. ~J. K. Rowling
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. ~Lyle Lovett
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Your competitive advantage must be perceivable, promotable, and something the market will pay for. ~Brian Tracy
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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