What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
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The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known. ~Bryan Lee O'Malley
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit. ~Dorothy Thompson
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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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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I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface ~Christian Slater
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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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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Hope is a risk that must be run. ~Georges Bernanos
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There is one catagory of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections. ~David Ogilvy
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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I've just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can. ~Kimi Raikkonen
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