I am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that is just how it is going to be. ~Jen Lancaster
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After all, how dare Mel Gibson challenge the public by producing a film that spurs public discussion, that pushes the envelope, that takes an old story to a new level. How dare Mel Gibson follow his own passion as a filmmaker. How dare he make $20 million on the opening day box office! ~Laura Ingraham
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life. ~Joseph Prince
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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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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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you. ~Jim Palmer
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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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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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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