You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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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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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. ~Moses
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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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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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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I am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that is just how it is going to be. ~Jen Lancaster
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace. ~M. Scott Peck
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive. ~Robert Kiyosaki
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ~Jan Karon
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