I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. ~Maya Angelou
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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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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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
#quotes #bertrand-russell #theology

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
#quotes #garson-kanin #night #thinking

Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. ~John Calvin
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I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
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There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
#quotes #john-clayton #christianity #holiday #positivity

You can almost taste the pressure now. ~Vin Scully
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New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York. ~Michael Arad
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
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I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics. ~Gracie Gold
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
#quotes #alice-eve #childhood #clothing

The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent. ~Thomas E. Sniegoski
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It is much more enjoyable being an actor. ~Kyle Chandler
#quotes #kyle-chandler #acting

Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings. ~Dave Barry
#quotes #dave-barry #love #marriage

Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact. ~Tinker Hatfield
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