I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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The Masters is more like a vast Edwardian garden party than a golf tournament. ~Alistair Cooke
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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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My only scheme was to be a rapper. ~Eminem
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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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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I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know. ~Hunter Hayes
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
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In kindergarten I had to draw a picture of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I drew a rapper. I didn't really know what a rapper was or what they did; I just wanted to do it. ~B.o.B
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It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good. ~Miguel Cabrera
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I enjoyed my life when I had nothing. and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me. ~Joey Ramone
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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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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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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