People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods. ~Teri Hatcher
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You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after. ~Taylor Swift
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder. ~Julie Newmar
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. ~Rick Riordan
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People have to be free to investigate computer security. People have to be free to look for the vulnerabilities and create proof of concept code to show that they are true vulnerabilities in order for us to secure our systems. ~Edward Snowden
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We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. ~Akhil Sharma
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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"Perfect justice rules the world" for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives. ~Iamblichus
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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The world will be balanced when we are balanced. ~Tarthang Tulku
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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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I like to play music; play guitar; I love that. Play some golf in the summer. Just relax, enjoy the summer. That's nice. ~Henrik Lundqvist
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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