A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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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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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer. ~Jason Mewes
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. ~Libba Bray
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The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. ~D. H. Lawrence
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The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power. ~Ludwig von Mises
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The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score. ~Frank Leahy
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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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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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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