The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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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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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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You have to be a model and multifaceted, but there's not a lot of ways for a model to be multifaceted because the actresses took all the covers. ~Kim Alexis
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Sometimes the personality or just the particular process of a director can really affect your quality of life as a composer in terms of how much time you spend away from your family or the amount of time you spend doing the type of work that you maybe don't consider as fun to do as other type of work. ~Christophe Beck
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine. ~Robert M. Parker
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Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. ~Lionel Hampton
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I went to church with my grandparents sometimes, and I loved it. ~Anne Lamott
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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I love zoo sanctuaries. ~Nancy Travis
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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