In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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You're out on stage, the music is blaring, the crowd is screaming, the lights are flashing, your heart is pumping, the sweat is flying, and it's the greatest feeling in the whole world. ~Michael Flatley
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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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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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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There is a great need to rally the women of the Church to stand with and for the Brethren in stemming the tide of evil that surrounds us. ~Howard W. Hunter
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods. ~Teri Hatcher
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You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world. ~Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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