I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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You can undo a lot of things. If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That's the thing I really feel. ~Jennifer Aniston
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States. ~Robert Tisserand
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary. ~Karl Lagerfeld
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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