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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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quotistIf you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. ~Desmond Dekker
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle. ~Heather Brewer
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the sea; the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look. ~Marianne Moore
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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