We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
#quotes #bil-keane #simplicity #tired

If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
#quotes #frank-stella #adults #age #life

The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein. ~Jerry Brown
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
#quotes #bob-colacello #italian

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position, to make all the difference in the world. ~James Redfield
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