Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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I love layers! ~Alexander Wang
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ~John Spratt
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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It is my object, in the following work, to travel over ground which has as yet been little explored and to make my reader acquainted with a species of Remains, which, though absolutely necessary for understanding the history of the globe, have been hitherto almost uniformly neglected. ~Georges Cuvier
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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To be a team, you must be a family. ~Don Meyer
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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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
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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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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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A human heart that matched what we think of as heart-shaped; a perfectly formed bright red thing with two halves of equal size; would be one that was horribly diseased. The origin of this stylized representation is somewhat obscure, but it probably appeared at the same time as St. Valentine's Day, about whose history there is much dispute. ~George Fetherling
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people. ~Tia Carrere
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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