We should constantly be aspiring to reach higher and higher and higher. We should never be comfortable where we are. ~Lauryn Hill
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I've had a fairy tale life. I had a perfect family, a beautiful childhood, an incredible upbringing. I lived a lot of life but a lot of good life. ~John Stamos
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I have been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the no-fly zone. ~Philippe Perrin
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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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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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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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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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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