I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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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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In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. ~Greg Boyle
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment. ~Ann Macbeth
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ~Salma Hayek
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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All the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas. ~Dionne Warwick
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A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you're not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you're beautiful, just the way you are. ~Candace Bushnell
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. ~Henry Adams
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People love to hate other people. ~Kid Rock
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Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market, I have so many vintage pieces from there it is unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. ~Kaya Scodelario
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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