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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
#quotes #tony-parsons #rod-stewart #dave-hill
quotistSo that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
#quotes #hiromu-arakawa #fullmetal-alchemist #struggle
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
#quotes #isabel-allende #life #society #war
Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine. ~James Mooney
#quotes #james-mooney #hats
Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it. ~Richard Dawkins
#quotes #richard-dawkins #physics #big-bang
I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
#quotes #maria-monk #christianity #power
Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
#quotes #kelly-rowland #god #judging
I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
#quotes #pat-robertson #religion #history
I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
#quotes #pete-sampras #success
I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
#quotes #lauren-oliver #thinking #death
If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
#quotes #v-s-naipaul #writer #death #hostility
A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #stupidity
Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
#quotes #carrie-fisher #negotiation
A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug! ~Rachel Caine
#quotes #rachel-caine
Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
#quotes #margaret-heffernan #business
For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
#quotes #hannah-arendt #change #choices
Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
#quotes #dan-wells #loyalty
Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #death #respect
I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
#quotes #mark-driscoll #maturity #medicine
Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
#quotes #john-wayne #ignorance #hardship #humor
I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
#quotes #dan-savage #baking