I only discovered the "Harry Potter" series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day and night. It was the morning after one such readathon when I was to appear for a chemistry exam. Spending my night with the third edition of "Harry Potter" didn't help much, and I fared poorly. ~Sonam Kapoor
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The present can try to bury the past, an operation that is most atrocious when it is most successful. ~Mary McCarthy
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Science is changing. God's Word does not change! ~Adrian Rogers
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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I'm a drama nerd. ~Luke Kirby
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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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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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You know what, Steve Jobs is real nice to me. He lets me be an employee and that's one of the biggest honors of my life. ~Steve Wozniak
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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I tried spinning around in a chair to impress a girl. ~Ray Toro
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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