The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same. ~Barbara Kingsolver
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There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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Approach to the course and the force is centrifugal. Can you find your way through the lyrics that be catching them? Throw another rhyme across the room, they be fetching them. ~Masta Ace
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine. ~Robert M. Parker
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. ~Dick Cheney
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To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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Hope is a risk that must be run. ~Georges Bernanos
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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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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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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