Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Your prosperity will only grow as fast as you do. ~Randy Gage
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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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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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people. ~Tia Carrere
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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. ~Billy Sunday
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ~Barbara Cartland
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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I'm happy that I was able to experience a normal life besides show business, because it gives you something to draw from. ~Ashley Tisdale
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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