"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
#quotes #robert-louis-stevenson #seasons #nature

I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
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You would think that Freddy Couples' Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time. ~Fuzzy Zoeller
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be. ~Jane Austen
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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To the seeing eye life is mostly sparrows. ~Will Cuppy
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
#quotes #langston-hughes #optimism

In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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