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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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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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
#quotes #philip-pullman #life #trust

Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market, I have so many vintage pieces from there it is unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. ~Kaya Scodelario
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I live for now, not for what happens after I die. ~Liam Gallagher
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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When I am happy I am like a cat, sleek and purring, quite useless. It is when I am unhappy, with an ache perhaps in my heart, that I do my finest work. ~Barbara La Marr
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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