Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ~Joseph Addison
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality. ~Ronald Dworkin
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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