How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. ~Jerry Bridges
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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. ~Jacki Weaver
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. ~Ha-Joon Chang
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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You know what, Steve Jobs is real nice to me. He lets me be an employee and that's one of the biggest honors of my life. ~Steve Wozniak
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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