We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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For me, I've always wanted to do theater, so I gravitate toward it. ~Justin Bartha
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Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant. ~Paul Dirac
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out. ~Yelawolf
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. ~David Coleman
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Science is not about what is true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence. ~Lee Smolin
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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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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All actors are looking for that role that is going to define who they are. When it happens, it is a good thing. ~Jeffrey Pierce
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