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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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. ~Derek Jeter
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~William Arthur Ward
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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I have a collection of 50-plus snapback hats. ~James Harden
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be. ~Jane Austen
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The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power. ~Ludwig von Mises
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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