Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. ~Laozi
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer. ~Jason Mewes
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes Valmore
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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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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it ~Miley Cyrus
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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