If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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"Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded. ~Cinda Williams Chima
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Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ~Richard Lugar
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My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events. ~Lisa Ling
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position, to make all the difference in the world. ~James Redfield
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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They don't make coats for this kind of cold. ~Ryan Adams
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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We all know of course, that we should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever fiddle around in any way with electrical equipment. Never. ~Daniel Handler
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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You are playing worse and worse every day and right now you are playing like it's next month. ~Herb Brooks
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I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself. ~Tyler The Creator
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