God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. ~Confucius
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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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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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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The most important thing about you is what comes to your mind when you think of God. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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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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You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after. ~Taylor Swift
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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