Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. ~Desmond Dekker
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth. ~Big Boi
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. ~Sun Tzu
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Rose is famous for grace, advocate is famous for case, horse is famous for race. But you are famous for sweetness on your face.
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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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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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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The West is dead; you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ~Charles Marion Russell
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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Movements are as eloquent as words. ~Isadora Duncan
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