Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what this is. ~Stephen Chbosky
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music. ~Nick Cave
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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Death closes all doors. ~English Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
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Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune. ~Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Under the shadow of swords, any plan is good. ~Mehmet Murat Ildan
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein. ~Jerry Brown
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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People talk about the '60s, but they were merely a mass production of what the '50s had begun. ~Peter O'Toole
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