Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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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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Connoisseurs think the art is already done. ~John Constable
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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Eating people is wrong. ~Michael Flanders
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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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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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ~William Hazlitt
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The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent. ~Thomas E. Sniegoski
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In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. ~Laozi
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One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth. ~Big Boi
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. ~Will Durant
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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