Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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I don't ever want to be comfortable with anything I'm doing. ~Ron Perlman
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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