Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. ~William Shatner
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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People should decide "are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?" I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money; they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet. ~Felix Baumgartner
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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Gossip is hardly uplifting. ~Ginger Rogers
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification. ~Sigmund Freud
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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I'm living the dream. ~David Petraeus
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness; and there is a big difference. ~Ty Cobb
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