Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to. ~Lou Brock
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. ~James Redfield
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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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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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ~Robert Orben
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
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I enjoyed my life when I had nothing. and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me. ~Joey Ramone
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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
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ~Dave Davies
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive. ~Robert Kiyosaki
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When the legs go, the heart soon follows ~John Wooden
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