What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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I'm living the dream. ~David Petraeus
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
#quotes #stephen-king #stories

I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
#quotes #margaret-fuller #heart #wish

Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
#quotes #jean-michel-basquiat #painting #anger

The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. ~Sallust
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Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness. ~Robert Harris
#quotes #robert-harris #children #happiness

"Feminist comedy," practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. ~Grace Slick
#quotes #grace-slick #women

A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
#quotes #john-wayne #ignorance #hardship #humor

I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know. ~Hunter Hayes
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
#quotes #nicolas-cage #stories

The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
#quotes #edith-wharton #hardship

The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known. ~Bryan Lee O'Malley
#quotes #bryan-lee-o-malley #life #places

Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
#quotes #samuel-p-huntington #united-states #black

Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
#quotes #ben-jonson #reality

When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. ~Warren Christopher
#quotes #warren-christopher #law

The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
#quotes #harold-b-lee #home #family

"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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