I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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I am a sensitive, sensitive person. Overly sensitive. Extremely emotional. ~Mary Lambert
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. ~Desmond Dekker
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She really mellowed me out that way. We both definitely grew with each other and with the whole experience. ~Brian Austin Green
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. ~D. H. Lawrence
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I think when it comes to botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices. ~Debra Winger
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ~Jan Karon
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world. ~Frederick Lenz
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ~George Herbert
#quotes #george-herbert #motivation #confidence #skills

I've had a fairy tale life. I had a perfect family, a beautiful childhood, an incredible upbringing. I lived a lot of life but a lot of good life. ~John Stamos
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I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ~Dave Davies
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