What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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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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You know, if you don't do nothin, you don't do nothin. ~Arthur Godfrey
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The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. ~Ha-Joon Chang
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Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
#quotes #bill-laswell #music

At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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My real heroes have always been sports-writers. ~Dan Jenkins
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
#quotes #evan-rachel-wood #love

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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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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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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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. ~Galileo Galilei
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