The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player? ~Anna Kournikova
#quotes #anna-kournikova #sports #theatre #tennis

God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. ~Kathie Lee Gifford
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role. ~Lauren Willig
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Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. ~Will Durant
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Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. ~Jane Fonda
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I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything. ~Britney Spears
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ~Phyllis Diller
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have always felt that kids are really smart. ~Michelle Trachtenberg
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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