And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.

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Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the

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Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitc

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You should always do more of what you believe is right, even if you are trembling inside.

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The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.

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I’ll give you what you want, Sloane,” he said. “What we both want. But think long and hard before yo

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Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as

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As Christians, we have only one authority, one compass: the Word of God.

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Love, is a Bloody Razor BladeLove came like fire from aboveand disappeared like a wet dream,undernea

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The past is not a package one can lay away.

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When the heart is dry the eye is dry.

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Intelligence is an ability to understand, but it is not a substitute for wisdom.

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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in ano

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Millennials are more aware of society's many challenges than previous generations and less willing t

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Don't be anyone's firefly in a jar! A lot of people are attracted to the light. Some are also intimi

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The scene sucker-punched Max. He never saw it coming. It encapsulated in one poignant instant the tr

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Anyone can write a holy book, if he feels god is calling him to do so

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According to the FBI and the director of national intelligence, Syria's becoming a perfect platform

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It's okay to look different, Lilith. Beauty is only a matter of opinion. If you believe you are beau

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Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.- Lucullus (Act III, scene 1)

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What is a drop of rain, compared to the storm? What is a thought, compared to the mind? Our unity is

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I don't have time is the worst possible excuse for I'd rather be doing something else. You MAKE time

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A damaging email forwarded outside the organization is indicative of problems within the organizatio

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I've found that what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ab

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War is catastrophe. It breaks families in irretrievable pieces. But those who are gone are not neces

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I don't want other people to decide what I am. I want to decide that for myself.

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To have what we want is riches but to be able to do without is power.

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Both science and spirituality tell us today that meditation and mindfulness strengthen mental contro

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Use your time to create yourself

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Perfume is the scent that pours out of a flower's soul when crushed.

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Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber pl

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More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face

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If non-linear leaps in intelligence and ability are possible, why haven't these effects been observe

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There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to de

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I drove in last night,' he said. 'I couldn't sleep, it was too hot. So I went outside. I was feeling

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One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.

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He weighs the volume in his hand; this one has been the center of the whirlwind. Then DRUMMOND notic

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When you and I met, the meeting was over very shortly, it was nothing. Now it is growing something a

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From Flood, Flash, and Pheromones--coming soon:As Cassie’s body hurled toward him in the swirl, she

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You've got a beautiful country with so many beautiful people and so many beautiful things happening

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You can know a thing to death and be for all purposes completely ignorant of it. A man can know his

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Once a woman stands for a cause, the sounds of her stilettos echoes to the far ends of the earth tha

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That was what it meant to be a woman: to live in an unbearable agony hidden for a time behind smoke

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He who becomes his most truthful self, becomes the leader for everyone else.

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Prayer is not meant to always give us the answers we want. It is not the resting place upon which th

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Sometimes you risk all for a chance at your heart's desire...

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He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for hi

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I want you to promise me that you'll stop comparing yourself to everyone else.' 'What?' I broke off

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Music without the ebb and flow would be like "watching a film with only good guys in it." -attrib Fr

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Only ignorance makes people put up with defeat.

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No matter how long your night may have been, as the earth remains, your morning will definitely come

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I was on the train; I did play, but I also played in bars, in the streets, at birthday parties for p

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But when you're in second grade, you don't yet know the meaning of impossible

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And the story of love is a long sad tale ending in graves.

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In selfish men caution is as secure an armour for their foes as for themselves.

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Either find a way, or make one....You can bend but you can never break if you want to achieve excell

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Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing y

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I try to study the background of the country I am in and what were my hits there, so I can at least

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If you don’t have your own identity, you will adopt the brand of another

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A positive Mindset attracts Success like a magnet and a negative one loves to marry failure, procras

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The auto industry must acknowledge that a rational transportation policy should seek a balance betwe

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Don't wait for a better world. Start now to create a world of harmony and peace. It is up to you, an

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Pride would have destroyed me. But i cheated on pride. if i could cheat on pride then i could cheat

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Ah, cruel parents indeed, who neglect the religious education of their children; more cruel in some

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Healing stories are magickal tales born from personal tribulation and victory, which are then shared

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War without end. Well, what was history without that? And how would having the stars change anything

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Just lay down on the beach, with nothing intellectual or constructive to do , other than soaking in

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It's amazing, if you know what you want to say, how fast it is to write.

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Look, I can appreciate this. I was young too, I felt just like you. Hated authority, hated all my bo

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You lie and kill in the service of liars and killers. You pretend to be separate, to have your own c

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False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happines

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Ninety percent of writing is about listening.

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The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

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Leaders don't fall in gutters of fear; only negative ideas flow in that canal. There, you will see f

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When you read my stories, I want you to see the world through my eyes; as if I based my work on you.

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Passion will warm you for days, infatuation will warm you for months, but love will set you on fire

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It's as if God gave you something-all those stories- and said, "Here you are. Try not to lose it." B

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Patience is the best medicine.

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Having our old Gran in the car was like having a cranky 'Tassie Tiger' sitting in the back. You neve

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A working definition of fathering might be this: fathering is the act of guiding a child to behave i

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It's the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can't cope with it.

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I'm trying to picture you growing up with sisters." "I can do a double French braid in less than thr

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A child of repeated infinity.

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Embrace today! Embrace the new day! Yesterday is gone forever. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. All we ha

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When you increase and multiply, you get much more influence and reach beyond your imagination

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I think a person permeates a spot, and a lost presence makes the environment timeless to me, keeps a

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We experience a discomfort that may be foreign to others, but that pain opens up a world of beauty.

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Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

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If we are serious about dreaming our awakening into being and creating a peaceful, loving earth in w

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We are the instruments of genius, yet more the rhythm and less the drum as each expanding beat arise

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Perhaps if I'd had God in my life growing up I would have been able to understand the total and comp

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I could see that it was God's forgiveness and His mercy that I needed, and that was provided through

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You can have all your heart's desires.

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And although he recognized that tenderness was not the same as passion, and certainly not equivalent

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Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

Author: Ronald Reagan
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Repentance is the highest form of worship that a man can give to God.

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Love.. Can me mean things..

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I want to be so successful that one day my mom never has to buy a thing for herself again

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Left to itself, a heart will run riot with sin. But if a heart responds to the ministry of the Word,

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