But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. ~Richard M. Nixon
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Places are fragmentary and inward-turning histories, pasts that others are not allowed to read, accumulated times that can be unfolded but like stories held in reserve, remaining in an enigmatic state, symbolizations encysted in the pain or pleasure of he body. "I feel good here": the well-being under-expressed in the language it appears in like a fleeting glimmer is a spatial practice. ~Michel de Certeau
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. ~Martha Reeves
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Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after. ~Peter Stuyvesant
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It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
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I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
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I live for now, not for what happens after I die. ~Liam Gallagher
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle. ~Heather Brewer
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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