The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth. ~Danielle Steel
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. ~Suzanne Collins
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family vacation or people at the beach with their kids or at sporting events with their kids; you wonder, "Is that a part of your life that you want to go into?" ~Kevin Connolly
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I went to church with my grandparents sometimes, and I loved it. ~Anne Lamott
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Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL. ~Guy Lafleur
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ~George Herbert
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I'm a drama nerd. ~Luke Kirby
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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Ideas without execution are hallucinations. ~Thomas A. Edison
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I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I have picked myself up and gone on. ~Sharon Stone
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Who are you? The band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say. ~Janet Fitch
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Achilles absent was Achilles still! ~Homer
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