You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision. ~Charles Stanley
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again. ~Mara Wilson
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
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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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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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