Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
#quotes #stephen-chbosky #the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower #love

I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
#quotes #melody-carlson #writing #process

Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you. ~Bryce Harper
#quotes #bryce-harper #games #football #baseball

Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
#quotes #tom-jenkinson #squarepusher #one-direction #writing #music

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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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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There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. ~Naveen Jain
#quotes #naveen-jain #entrepreneurship

"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #reason

I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people. ~Tia Carrere
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
#quotes #lena-dunham #future #ending

I invented the cordless extension cord. ~Steven Wright
#quotes #steven-wright #humor

That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
#quotes #joan-armatrading #entertainment #talent #touring

I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
#quotes #philip-green #business

I felt as if I had attended the funeral of someone I didn't know. ~Pauline Kael
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
#quotes #will-cotton #painting #art #women

I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
#quotes #mel-ramos #motivation #routine

Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
#quotes #kent-mccord #friendship #feelings #fans

If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
#quotes #wynton-marsalis #black #culture

If you didn't watch "The Shield," you should stop everything you are doing and go back and watch "The Shield." ~Timothy Simons
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
#quotes #jackson-browne #wish