Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. ~Libba Bray
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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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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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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My real heroes have always been sports-writers. ~Dan Jenkins
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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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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth. ~Danielle Steel
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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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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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface ~Christian Slater
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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I love to work, so give me what you have got. I will play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work. ~Danny Trejo
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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I represent Orlando, Florida, the world's number one vacation destination. ~Ric Keller
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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