Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. ~Sylvia Boorstein
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
#quotes #nora-roberts #beauty

Let me think about the people I care about... ~Ze Frank
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of. ~Paul Walker
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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I think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further. ~Donald Glover
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. ~George Archer
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather kept them humble. ~Annie Proulx
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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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It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player. ~Anna Kournikova
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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