If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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You are playing worse and worse every day and right now you are playing like it's next month. ~Herb Brooks
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you. ~Bryce Harper
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
#quotes #mark-twain #ignorance #humor

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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It is amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you are no longer president. ~George H. W. Bush
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food; you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study. ~Henry B. Eyring
#quotes #henry-b-eyring

I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
#quotes #frank-black #music #rules

Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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