What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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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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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. ~Rick Riordan
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after. ~Taylor Swift
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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When I am happy I am like a cat, sleek and purring, quite useless. It is when I am unhappy, with an ache perhaps in my heart, that I do my finest work. ~Barbara La Marr
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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
#quotes #michael-light #thinking

"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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