Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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That is what I try to do each and every week is give my best effort and not give up, no matter what comes at us. ~Kurt Busch
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine. ~Robert M. Parker
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For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
#quotes #silouan-the-athonite #christianity

My dad in particular, I tend to use; I call him "The Brain." If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings. ~Joshua Malina
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
#quotes #john-corey-whaley #family

Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
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May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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You can almost taste the pressure now. ~Vin Scully
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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