The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
#quotes #august-tholuck #death #graves

He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
#quotes #steig-larsson #desire #addiction

I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again. ~Mara Wilson
#quotes #mara-wilson #movies

I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
#quotes #elisabeth-elliot #marriage

I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything. ~Britney Spears
#quotes #britney-spears #music

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
#quotes #john-wayne #ignorance #hardship #humor

A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #luck

To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called worrying depends upon having a brain that can reason, remember, reflect, feel, and imagine. Only humans have a brain big enough to do this simultaneously and do it well. ~Edward Hallowell
#quotes #edward-hallowell #mind #memories #imagination

At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
#quotes #robyn-davidson

Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
#quotes #peter-thiel #education #thinking

The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
#quotes #jane-austen #marriage

Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #fortune

Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
#quotes #jean-michel-basquiat #painting #anger

A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
#proverbs #latin-proverbs

I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
#quotes #anne-robinson #clothing #mother

God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #work #wisdom

There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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I love layers! ~Alexander Wang
#quotes #alexander-wang #layers

A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs

"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
#quotes #nora-roberts #beauty

I just can't sleep tonight knowing that things ain't right. ~Justin Bieber
#quotes #justin-bieber

To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance. ~Michelle Wie
#quotes #michelle-wie #sports #competition

I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
#quotes #victoria-beckham