Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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You seek problems because you need their gifts. ~Richard Bach
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
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Give your problems to Christ before your problems get to you. ~Max Lucado
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. ~Rick Riordan
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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Gardening is a humbling experience. ~Martha Stewart
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
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