It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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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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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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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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If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places. ~Fred Kent
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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down. ~Young Buck
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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For my own style, I love vintage. 60's and 70's are my favorite. I love baby doll dresses and the soft colors. I try to mix a little bit of modern into that; maybe I'll wear it with boots. At my school we wear a uniform, but we have one day a week we can wear whatever we want. ~Elle Fanning
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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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Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it. ~Richard Dawkins
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. ~Robert Scheer
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I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. ~Hugh Jackman
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
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The rock-star thing became very destructive, like, wow. I didn't know what I was doing. I just kind of became that thing. The hair, that rock-star kind of lifestyle, just living a dream. It kind of took over. It started out very innocent and then I turned into a cartoon character. And I started to feel like a cartoon character. ~Pamela Anderson
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