A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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Everything I say is true. ~Laura Schlessinger
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I held hands with her all the time; that doesn't sound like much, I realize, but she was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if you hold hands with them, their goddam hand dies on you, or else they think they have to keep moving their hand all the time, as if they were afraid they'd bore you or something. Jane was different. We'd get into a goddam movie or something, and right away we'd start holding hands, and we wouldn't quit till the movie was over. And without changing the position or making a big deal out of it. You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were. ~J. D. Salinger
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ~George Herbert
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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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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. ~Kathie Lee Gifford
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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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
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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I don't trust a lot of journalists. ~Calvin Klein
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness; and there is a big difference. ~Ty Cobb
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