First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns. ~Tom Hicks
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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