America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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All artists are anarchists in some way; some more extreme than others, but it is something that I think artists are supposed to do. We are supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is as much as poetry, in my opinion. ~Robert Zemeckis
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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True celebration should come from your life, in your life. And true celebration cannot be according to the calendar, that on the first of November you will celebrate. Strange, the whole year you are miserable and on the first of November suddenly you come out of misery, dancing. Either, the misery is false, or the first of November is false; both cannot be true. And once the first of November has gone, you are back in your dark hole, everybody in his misery, everybody in his anxiety. ~Rajneesh
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Are you the welcoming committee? Or has Jeremy finally chained you up to the front gate where you belong?" "I missed you too. ~Kelley Armstrong
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine. ~James Mooney
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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