You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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I think when it comes to botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices. ~Debra Winger
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention; of barbarian invention; is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition; then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity. ~Robert Green Ingersoll
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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People aren't paying to see the Kevin McHale show, they're paying to see the cast of "Glee." ~Kevin McHale
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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Your prosperity will only grow as fast as you do. ~Randy Gage
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May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
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