Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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You are playing worse and worse every day and right now you are playing like it's next month. ~Herb Brooks
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. ~Jacki Weaver
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ~Pat Benatar
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After all, how dare Mel Gibson challenge the public by producing a film that spurs public discussion, that pushes the envelope, that takes an old story to a new level. How dare Mel Gibson follow his own passion as a filmmaker. How dare he make $20 million on the opening day box office! ~Laura Ingraham
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life. ~Joseph Prince
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