Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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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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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. ~Maya Angelou
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market, I have so many vintage pieces from there it is unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. ~Kaya Scodelario
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know. ~Hunter Hayes
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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've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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There is a great need to rally the women of the Church to stand with and for the Brethren in stemming the tide of evil that surrounds us. ~Howard W. Hunter
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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