All life is rife with possibilities. Seeds have possibilities, but all their tomorrows are caught by the patterning of their life cycle. Animals have possibilities that are greater than that of a fir tree or a blade of grass. Still, though, for most animals, the pattern of instinct, the patterns of their lives, are very strong. Humanity has a far greater range of possibilities, especially the very young. Who will children grow up to be? Who will they marry, what will they believe, what will they create? Creation is a very powerful seed of possibility. ~Patricia Briggs
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They were close to the end of the beginning... ~Stephen King
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If you watch the first [Star Wars] movie, you don't actually know exactly what the Empire is trying to do. They're going to rule by fear; but you don't know what their endgame is. You don't know what Leia is princess of. You don't yet understand who Jabba the Hutt is, even though there is a reference to him. You don't know that Vader is Luke's father, Leia is his sister; but the possibility is all there. The beauty of that movie was that it was an unfamiliar world, and yet you wanted to see it expand and to see where it went. ~J. J. Abrams
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It takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it. ~Tommy Tenney
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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I'm a songwriter first. ~Carole King
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. ~Pearl Bailey
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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