I only discovered the "Harry Potter" series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day and night. It was the morning after one such readathon when I was to appear for a chemistry exam. Spending my night with the third edition of "Harry Potter" didn't help much, and I fared poorly. ~Sonam Kapoor
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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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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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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It is good for us to get into the Word, but it is much better for the Word to get into us. ~David J. Stewart
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score. ~Frank Leahy
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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