Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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I take pride in the fact that a lot of little kids dig what I do. ~John Cena
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
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