It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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Will is stronger than fact; it can mold and overcome fact. ~H. G. Wells
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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I don't trust a lot of journalists. ~Calvin Klein
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth. ~Big Boi
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Human beings are a wonderful virus in some ways. ~Ansel Elgort
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This arena is a special place. Everybody loves it. To be able to stand behind the bench and be a part of a great tournament for the '96 Elite is fun. The kids, having a chance to play in the building where the Penguins play, it's a special feeling for them. ~Mario Lemieux
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to. ~Chic Murray
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
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I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music. ~Nick Cave
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