If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
#quotes #philip-pullman #life #trust

Social media is not about the exploitation of technology but service to community. ~Simon Mainwaring
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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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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ~David Hyde Pierce
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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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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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
#quotes #jay-leno #government

Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
#quotes #dennis-bergkamp #soccer #thinking

The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?" ~Brian Tracy
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
#quotes #amy-adams #childhood #luck

You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
#quotes #steve-jobs #motivation

This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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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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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
#quotes #emily-dickinson #morning #romance

A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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