I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
#quotes #dan-wells #loyalty

Whatever you choose you will repent because the other will remain and haunt you. If one needs absolute freedom then choiceless awareness is the only thing. ~Rajneesh
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
#proverbs #bosnian-proverbs #honesty #lying

When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
#quotes #ouida #family #hardship

Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #human #purpose

If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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"Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded. ~Cinda Williams Chima
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene. ~Grimes
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I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people. ~Tia Carrere
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You can undo a lot of things. If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That's the thing I really feel. ~Jennifer Aniston
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I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know. ~Hunter Hayes
#quotes #hunter-hayes #competition

The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
#quotes #jane-byrne #pride #chicago

You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after. ~Taylor Swift
#quotes #taylor-swift #entertainment #self #lying

People are cooking less but obsessing about it more. ~Dougie Poynter
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#eating #cooking #obsession

Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
#quotes #james-herbert #hypocrisy #politics

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
#quotes #natalia-vodianova #beauty #hardship #childhood

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
#quotes #edith-wharton #hardship

I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager. I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I did'nt really care. It did'nt bother me at all. ~Vivienne Westwood
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role. ~Lauren Willig
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
#quotes #geraldine-brooks #books #past

If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. ~Bill Gates
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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