Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean 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
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You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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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
#quotes #anne-lamott #suffering #books

Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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