I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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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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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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They say I tried to hurt my nurse. I tell them they tried to hurt me first. ~CJ Roberts
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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No matter what you do each day; or in life, doing things God's way is a matter of the heart. ~Elizabeth George
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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I doubt anyone in Hollywood has had more "dates" than me. ~George Hamilton
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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I have never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade. ~George Carlin
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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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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up, it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together. ~Michael Light
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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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