The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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All my friends I've known since I was really little. ~Leona Lewis
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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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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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
#quotes #amy-adams #childhood #luck

I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to. ~Martin Luther
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I don't ever want to be comfortable with anything I'm doing. ~Ron Perlman
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
#quotes #eddie-izzard #acting #comedy

If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. ~John Mayall
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position, to make all the difference in the world. ~James Redfield
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. ~Sam Shoemaker
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food; you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study. ~Henry B. Eyring
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