Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be. ~Dorothy Salisbury Davis
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Places are fragmentary and inward-turning histories, pasts that others are not allowed to read, accumulated times that can be unfolded but like stories held in reserve, remaining in an enigmatic state, symbolizations encysted in the pain or pleasure of he body. "I feel good here": the well-being under-expressed in the language it appears in like a fleeting glimmer is a spatial practice. ~Michel de Certeau
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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I'm a songwriter first. ~Carole King
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. ~Lyle Lovett
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You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to. ~Robert H. Schuller
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Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle. ~Edmond About
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I am a big horror fan. I am a genre fan. I like to make these movies. They're my favorite kinds of movies to make. ~Amber Heard
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
#quotes #geena-davis #humor

Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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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
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There is a great need to rally the women of the Church to stand with and for the Brethren in stemming the tide of evil that surrounds us. ~Howard W. Hunter
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called worrying depends upon having a brain that can reason, remember, reflect, feel, and imagine. Only humans have a brain big enough to do this simultaneously and do it well. ~Edward Hallowell
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