It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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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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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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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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I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk to. ~Rodney Dangerfield
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Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go. ~Zach Johnson
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It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching "Coronation Street." ~Amelia Warner
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
#quotes #richard-rodgers #theater

Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
#proverbs #eating

Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. ~Moses
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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Love's in need of love today, don't delay; send yours in right away. ~Stevie Wonder
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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