Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. ~Susan Cain
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. ~Imelda Marcos
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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Romania is an interesting place because I think it has been abused, on so many different levels. ~Kiefer Sutherland
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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Idolatry is permissible in Hinduism when it sub serves an ideal. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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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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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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The necessity for "professionals" in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged. ~Jason Alexander
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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