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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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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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
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I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look; that healthy equals beautiful. ~Victoria Principal
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else! ~Kelly Wearstler
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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Who are you? The band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say. ~Janet Fitch
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Earth to Democrats; displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move. ~Monica Crowley
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I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I would bring things to class that I had cooked at home. ~Giada De Laurentiis
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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