I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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You know, when you start, especially with me, I did not really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater. ~Ludivine Sagnier
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years. ~Wendell Willkie
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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It is good for us to get into the Word, but it is much better for the Word to get into us. ~David J. Stewart
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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