Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
#quotes #muriel-barbery #world

Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees. ~John Mackey
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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it ~Miley Cyrus
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If you want success, be unique. ~Natalie Massenet
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #trust

A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home. ~Evelyn Glennie
#quotes #evelyn-glennie #travel #home

I tried spinning around in a chair to impress a girl. ~Ray Toro
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I'm happy that I was able to experience a normal life besides show business, because it gives you something to draw from. ~Ashley Tisdale
#quotes #ashley-tisdale #entertainment

I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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I just can't sleep tonight knowing that things ain't right. ~Justin Bieber
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As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a wow outcome! ~Tom Peters
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I have a collection of 50-plus snapback hats. ~James Harden
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The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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