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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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proverbiosThe worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
#quotes #frank-stella #adults #age #life
When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
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The support in Britain made a big difference. ~Louise Woodward
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