You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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I love documentaries and the computer. I am a little addicted to the computer, and that relaxes me. I find information, I shop, and I look up people I worked with to find out if they're dead or alive. ~Anne Meara
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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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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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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When we were all kids, there was one particular trailer that I think we can all remember. That was the trailer for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." There was an amazing teaser trailer with all this weird kind of documentary footage. We were like, "What was that! I've got to see that! What the hell was that?" ~Matt Reeves
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle. ~Heather Brewer
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You know, if you don't do nothin, you don't do nothin. ~Arthur Godfrey
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment. ~Ann Macbeth
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