I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool. ~Mark Webber
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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If you didn't watch "The Shield," you should stop everything you are doing and go back and watch "The Shield." ~Timothy Simons
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations, well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing. ~James Cromwell
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Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
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Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go. ~Zach Johnson
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We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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