Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. ~Libba Bray
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness. ~Robert Harris
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My real heroes have always been sports-writers. ~Dan Jenkins
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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I want you to really be able to grasp the wonder of it, the marvel of it, the size of it and really be able to get a good conception of its magnificence and it tremendous colossal gigantic stupendous size and beauty and splendour! ~David Berg
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel. ~Heidi Baker
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. ~D. H. Lawrence
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When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders. ~Tom Robbins
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I would bring things to class that I had cooked at home. ~Giada De Laurentiis
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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