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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There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. ~Isaac Asimov
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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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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you're "stuck" right now, you're probably into fear. Get out of there. You've already looked both ways. Now cross the street, for heaven sake. The cars have long since gone. The coast is clear. Your only obstacle now is your own mind. ~Neale Donald Walsch
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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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