Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. ~Antoine Rivarol
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
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What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
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I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good. ~Brad Goreski
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The trauma said. Don't write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones. ~Andrea Gibson
#quotes #andrea-gibson #sorrow

I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving? Here is a little tip Howard; cut back on the Red Bull. ~David Letterman
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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ~Louisa May Alcott
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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 really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight. ~Len Goodman
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Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. ~Max Eastman
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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