Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive. ~Kakha Bendukidze
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ~George Herbert
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ~Tommy Shaw
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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Our directives must be reassessed. ~Kane
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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All the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas. ~Dionne Warwick
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Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest, I will say the greatest. ~William Friedkin
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
#quotes #tom-robbins #critic #writing

Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. ~Moses
#quotes #moses #god

Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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