What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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I am a sensitive, sensitive person. Overly sensitive. Extremely emotional. ~Mary Lambert
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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
#quotes #moon-unit-zappa #family #mother

To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ~David Hyde Pierce
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I invented the cordless extension cord. ~Steven Wright
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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To be a team, you must be a family. ~Don Meyer
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All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree; I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing. ~Andrea Corr
#quotes #andrea-corr #family #understanding #communication

More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
#quotes #phoebe-tonkin #clothing #summer

Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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I look at couples in the street who are in their sixties and have been together for 40 years, and they're my idols. That's Ice and me for sure. ~Coco Austin
#quotes #coco-austin #family #love

Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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