There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. ~Hugh Jackman
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Most Fortune 500 companies began as small start-ups whose entrepreneurial founders slowly developed the infrastructure, hired the staff, sourced manufacturers or built their own factory, and created distribution, sales, and marketing plans. ~Lynda Resnick
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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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I think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further. ~Donald Glover
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
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If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do. ~Simon Sinek
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I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. ~Ryan White
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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I represent Orlando, Florida, the world's number one vacation destination. ~Ric Keller
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