Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
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Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
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We are actors, we have to do what we have to do, and you have to be really solid within yourself. ~Linda Gray
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I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach. ~Marc Guggenheim
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I've just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can. ~Kimi Raikkonen
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
#quotes #charles-lamb #black

I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film. ~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification. ~Sigmund Freud
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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I got into real estate very much by accident. ~Jeff Greene
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I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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I live in the moment. ~Amy Sedaris
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All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention; of barbarian invention; is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition; then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity. ~Robert Green Ingersoll
#quotes #robert-green-ingersoll #books #religion

If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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Silence is not weakness and decency is not pride. ~Arthur Machen
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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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This arena is a special place. Everybody loves it. To be able to stand behind the bench and be a part of a great tournament for the '96 Elite is fun. The kids, having a chance to play in the building where the Penguins play, it's a special feeling for them. ~Mario Lemieux
#quotes #mario-lemieux #fun

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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