Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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To eat off another man's plate. [To live on another's expense.] ~Juvenal
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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea; in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ~Thomas Sowell
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school. ~Valentino Garavani
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted; it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. ~Paul Ryan
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
#quotes #missy-franklin #sports #happiness

I'm a much better mother at 46, than if I were like, 21 or 25. ~Halle Berry
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Embrace your dorkdom or rail against it. The choice is yours. ~Brendan Fraser
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I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface ~Christian Slater
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
#quotes #jay-smith #queen