Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
#quotes #bil-keane #simplicity #tired

I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Every decision you make is a mistake. ~Edward Dahlberg
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I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills. I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships. ~Britt Ekland
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My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events. ~Lisa Ling
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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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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me ~Ray LaMontagne
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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LIFE equals Live In Full Effect! ~Joseph Simmons
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Under the shadow of swords, any plan is good. ~Mehmet Murat Ildan
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