Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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To the seeing eye life is mostly sparrows. ~Will Cuppy
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ~Richard Lugar
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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I want to take back at least half of the "I love you"s, because I didn't mean them as much as the other ones. ~David Levithan
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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the "Bad Day at Black Rock" laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it. ~Paul Thomas Anderson
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I enjoyed my life when I had nothing. and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me. ~Joey Ramone
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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