The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. ~D. H. Lawrence
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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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Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. ~Antoine Rivarol
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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Music is the eye of the ear. ~Thomas Draxe
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You are playing worse and worse every day and right now you are playing like it's next month. ~Herb Brooks
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout. ~Samantha Stosur
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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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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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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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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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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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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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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