Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. ~George E. Allen
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ~George Herbert
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. ~Kenneth Scott Latourette
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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We cannot come to honour under coverlet. ~George Herbert
#quotes #george-herbert #honor

Good morning. Love is the most beautiful truth of life. Never ignore the person who loves you.
#message #cute

Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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I will never ever sell Neverland. ~Michael Jackson
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I have never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade. ~George Carlin
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Let's be very clear, if you check the F.E.C. records you will see I am supporting George W. Bush. ~Roger Stone
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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In a game like football, where you have very little time to decide what you are going to do, you have to react almost instinctively, naturally. ~Vince Lombardi
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