For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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I enjoyed my life when I had nothing. and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me. ~Joey Ramone
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Arguing whether or not a God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name for God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog. ~Robert Fulghum
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. ~David Coleman
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
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The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. ~Thomas Jefferson
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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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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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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