I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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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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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. ~Jerry Bridges
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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I'm living the dream. ~David Petraeus
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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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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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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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The rock-star thing became very destructive, like, wow. I didn't know what I was doing. I just kind of became that thing. The hair, that rock-star kind of lifestyle, just living a dream. It kind of took over. It started out very innocent and then I turned into a cartoon character. And I started to feel like a cartoon character. ~Pamela Anderson
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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