There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish 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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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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