I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese 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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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another. ~Russell M. Nelson
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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