The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
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Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person. ~Louise Slaughter
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. ~Yann Arthus-Bertrand
#quotes #yann-arthus-bertrand #life #success

One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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I am a sensitive, sensitive person. Overly sensitive. Extremely emotional. ~Mary Lambert
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I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up. ~Jennifer Ellison
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
#quotes #bernard-hopkins #extraordinary

A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
#quotes #rainer-maria-rilke #writing #heart

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
#quotes #garson-kanin #night #thinking

The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
#proverbs #turkish-proverbs #haste

Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
#quotes #lee-hall #gardening #theatre

Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
#quotes #carl-von-clausewitz #war #military

Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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