Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. ~Michele Bachmann
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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I just can't sleep tonight knowing that things ain't right. ~Justin Bieber
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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Your prosperity will only grow as fast as you do. ~Randy Gage
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In a game like football, where you have very little time to decide what you are going to do, you have to react almost instinctively, naturally. ~Vince Lombardi
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I would bring things to class that I had cooked at home. ~Giada De Laurentiis
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance. ~Michelle Wie
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