We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, "Who's that?" But this got me started in acting. ~James Stewart
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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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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I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people. ~Tia Carrere
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You would think that Freddy Couples' Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time. ~Fuzzy Zoeller
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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Science is not about what is true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence. ~Lee Smolin
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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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
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