There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
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I am getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan. ~Michael Reagan
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth. ~Danielle Steel
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If you weren't pretty, it wouldn't matter what you said or didn't say. That's why you're getting this attention. ~Miesha Tate
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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I'm very independent. ~Kate Bosworth
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you're not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you're beautiful, just the way you are. ~Candace Bushnell
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. ~Gerry Adams
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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The trauma said. Don't write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones. ~Andrea Gibson
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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