They were close to the end of the beginning... ~Stephen King
#quotes #stephen-king #ending #beginning

The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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I just can't sleep tonight knowing that things ain't right. ~Justin Bieber
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
#quotes #jim-jeffords #bush #environment

In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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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
#quotes #dash-mihok #tourette-s #control

Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. ~George Archer
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
#quotes #bobby-rahal #competition

As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've seen you engage and I've seen you turn out in record numbers. I've heard your voices amplified by creativity and a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend. I've seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course. ~Barack Obama
#quotes #barack-obama #politics

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
#quotes #john-ruskin #weather

A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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