The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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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
#quotes #lauren-oliver #thinking #death

Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
#quotes #philip-pullman #life #trust

Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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If you can compete, you are going to compete. ~Earl Lloyd
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then you get Gummi tummy, and that's no good. I can't believe I'm saying this. ~Jensen Ackles
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People talk about the '60s, but they were merely a mass production of what the '50s had begun. ~Peter O'Toole
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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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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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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