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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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proverbiosOn the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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If you want success, be unique. ~Natalie Massenet
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. ~Will Durant
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The most important thing about you is what comes to your mind when you think of God. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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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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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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