Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. ~Ridley Scott
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
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I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look; that healthy equals beautiful. ~Victoria Principal
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her ~Mother Teresa
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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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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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein. ~Jerry Brown
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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