Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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Connoisseurs think the art is already done. ~John Constable
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I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation. ~Jack Steinberger
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What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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I'm living the dream. ~David Petraeus
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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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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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence. ~Jay Duplass
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
#quotes #hannah-arendt #change #choices

"Feminist comedy," practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. ~Grace Slick
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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