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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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s. ~Ellen Page
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"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past. ~Friedrich Schiller
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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I love zoo sanctuaries. ~Nancy Travis
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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