To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called worrying depends upon having a brain that can reason, remember, reflect, feel, and imagine. Only humans have a brain big enough to do this simultaneously and do it well. ~Edward Hallowell
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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea; in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ~Thomas Sowell
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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Music is the eye of the ear. ~Thomas Draxe
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In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story. ~David Morse
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. ~James Redfield
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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You are what you "tweet".~ Internet Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. ~Martha Reeves
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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