If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
#quotes #maya-angelou #humor #laughing

Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings. ~Dave Barry
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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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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
#quotes #alice-eve #childhood #clothing

Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
#quotes #richard-brinsley-sheridan #ignorance

Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible. ~Norman Cousins
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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
#proverbs #jewish-poverbs #wisdom #motivation

He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
#quotes #jon-meacham #religious #christianity #politics #united-states

This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. ~St. Vincent
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
#quotes #kent-mccord #friendship #feelings #fans

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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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
#quotes #marjane-satrapi #picasso #culture #generations #influence

But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made. ~Errol Morris
#quotes #errol-morris #documentaries

Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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You are playing worse and worse every day and right now you are playing like it's next month. ~Herb Brooks
#quotes #herb-brooks #inspiration

If you can compete, you are going to compete. ~Earl Lloyd
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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
#quotes #jim-costa #farming

Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me. ~Joe Torre
#quotes #joe-torre #friendship #memories #work

A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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