If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
#quotes #philip-pullman #life #trust

Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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I live for now, not for what happens after I die. ~Liam Gallagher
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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me. ~Chuck Mangione
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories. ~Richard Li
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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If you read my message, it means I am cute. If you save, you agree I am cute. If you forward, you spread that I am cute and if you delete, you are jealous, because I am cute.
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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My dad in particular, I tend to use; I call him "The Brain." If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings. ~Joshua Malina
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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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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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