The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up, it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together. ~Michael Light
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself. ~Tyler The Creator
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So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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Feelings are determined by how one chooses to respond to various situations and events. ~Ralph Marston
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The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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I'm living the dream. ~David Petraeus
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
#proverbs #ojibwe-proverbs #self #beauty

When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. ~Maya Angelou
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
#proverbs #mind #heart

I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
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I enjoyed my life when I had nothing. and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me. ~Joey Ramone
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