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"Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time."
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"We have to try to control what we can or else we cannot judge progress."

"People who truly serve God embrace light, they fall in love with light, and they proclaim light, they fight with light."

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."

"My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline."

"It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them."

"Your consistency says a lot about your commitment."

"Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think."

"A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave."

"Each day you wake up, work as if the manifestation of your dream solely depends on that day."

"Excuses fall silent behind self-control, focus, and direction."
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"Tris: "I was reading." Sandry: "You're always reading. The only way people can ever talk to you is to interrupt." Tris: "Then maybe they shouldn't talk to me."


"The first thing every mage should learn is that magic makes fools of us. Now you may call yourself a mage. You have learned the most important lesson."


"You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them - I've seen them. I saw bones piled higher than my head for the folly of a bad king and those who wanted his throne. I lived through a blizzard that froze every other living creature solid. Against those things, you're only a man. I can deal with you."


"This may be my only chance to see humans before these two are made into fertilizer for Moonwind's rosebushes."


"George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you?"


"Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accuse us of making it up.' -Marielle."


"I forgot my purse of laughter when I dressed this mornin'," she told me. "Have you not bought anythin' the last few days? Prices have gone up. Pay or starve, it's all one to me."
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