Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player? ~Anna Kournikova
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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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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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune. ~Giuseppe Garibaldi
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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