I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
#quotes #j-r-ward #ego

A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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I hate when people think you're broken because your parents are divorced. And I really reject the idea of staying together for the kids. If they're growing up in a house that's not healthy, it's better to know that's not the model of what marriage should be. ~Anna Kendrick
#quotes #anna-kendrick #marriage #divorce

You seek problems because you need their gifts. ~Richard Bach
#quotes #richard-bach #hardship

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
#quotes #marlene-dietrich #weakness #strength

Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
#proverbs #adversity #time

Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
#quotes #edward-young #men #time #death #procrastination

Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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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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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
#quotes #oprah-winfrey #motivation

On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
#quotes #martin-van-buren #trust

I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. ~Hugh Jackman
#quotes #hugh-jackman #love #marriage

If you weren't pretty, it wouldn't matter what you said or didn't say. That's why you're getting this attention. ~Miesha Tate
#quotes #miesha-tate #women #attention

No matter how beautiful the theory, one irritating fact can dismiss the entire formulism, so it has to be proven. ~Michio Kaku
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