All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ~Caleb Cushing
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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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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. ~Suzanne Collins
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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. ~Charles Spurgeon
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
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If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it! ~Estelle
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine. ~James Mooney
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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