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"Purity of heart is to will one thing."

"Purity of heart is to will one thing."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

Heart, Purity, Will

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"The heart of our relationship, this natural environment that has blessed us really all along the west coast of North America, on both sides of the border we've realized that this incredible natural wealth comes with a price."

"The heart of our relationship, this natural environment that has blessed us really all along the west coast of North America, on both sides of the border we've realized that this incredible natural wealth comes with a price."

Dan Miller, Canadian Politician

Heart, Wealth, America, Environment

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"Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have."

"Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

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"I really create everything I do from the heart."

"I really create everything I do from the heart."

Kenny G, American Musician

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"The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart."

"The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

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"I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few."

"I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few."

Sally Field, American Actress

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"I have a very warm spot in my heart for Vegas."

"I have a very warm spot in my heart for Vegas."

Louie Anderson, American Comedian

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"I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart."

"I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart."

Joe Frazier, American Athlete

Heart, Hurt, Want

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"In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished."

"In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished."

Charles Kendall Adams, American Educator

Heart, Columbus, Fire, Old

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"A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man."

"A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man."

John Adams, American President

Heart, Desire, Man

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"I knew Scotty was going to win. At the beginning of the episode, I was like, 'Scotty, are you ready to win?'. I knew he was going to in my heart. I accepted it. I couldn't pick a more perfect person to get second place to. He's my best friend."

"I knew Scotty was going to win. At the beginning of the episode, I was like, 'Scotty, are you ready to win?'. I knew he was going to in my heart. I accepted it. I couldn't pick a more perfect person to get second place to. He's my best friend."

Lauren Alaina, American Musician

Heart, Friend, Beginning

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"The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the close."

"The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the close."

Thomas Moore, Irish Poet

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"Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion."

"Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion."

Kevin Mitnick, American Celebrity

Heart, Fear, Intention

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"The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so."

"The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so."

George Whitefield, American Clergyman

Heart, Actions, Appearance, Duty

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"My heart has never been broken, I've never broken anyone else's."

"My heart has never been broken, I've never broken anyone else's."

Mariah Carey, American Musician

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"I have a different constitution. I have a different brain; I have a different heart; I got tiger blood, man."

"I have a different constitution. I have a different brain; I have a different heart; I got tiger blood, man."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Heart, Blood, Constitution, Man

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"If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old."

"If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old."

James A. Garfield, American President

Heart, Old, Spirit

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"A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart."

"A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart."

Henry Fielding, English Novelist

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"Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order."

"Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order."

Robert Jackson, American Statesman

Heart, Freedom, Order, Right

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"I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart."

"I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart."

Diana Ross, American Actress

Heart, Act, First, Sense

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"Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe."

"Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

Heart, Eyes, Tears, Weeping

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"The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling."

"The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling."

Douglas William Jerrold, English Dramatist

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$"To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis."$

"To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis."

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French Photographer

Heart, Eye, Fact, Meaning

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"I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there-that's true in any of the arts."

"I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there-that's true in any of the arts."

Rosanna Arquette, American Actress

Heart, Artist, Being, Worry

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"When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart."

"When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart."

John Bunyan, English Clergyman

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"Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes."

"Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes."

Sophie Marceau, French Actress

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"Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves, it is because we have no personality."

"Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves, it is because we have no personality."

Nadia Boulanger, French Musician

Heart, Personality

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"I take none of that to heart. I don't feel like there's anything that I need to do for anybody else. I want to win bad enough for myself anyway, that nothing anybody can say can make me want to win any more."

"I take none of that to heart. I don't feel like there's anything that I need to do for anybody else. I want to win bad enough for myself anyway, that nothing anybody can say can make me want to win any more."

Danica Patrick, American Celebrity

Heart, Nothing, Want

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"My heart is like a singing bird."

"My heart is like a singing bird."

Christina Rossetti, British Poet

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"There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls."

"There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart."

"Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart."

Washington Irving, American Writer

Heart, Memory, Sun

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"If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you."

"If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you."

Levon Helm, American Musician

Heart, Performance, Energy, Play

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"Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are."

"Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are."

Desmond Tutu, South African Leader

Heart, Children, Southafrican

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"Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography."

"Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography."

Robert Byrne, American Celebrity

Heart, Geography, Man

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"A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity."

"A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity."

Jeremy Taylor, British Clergyman

Heart, Sweetness

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"Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart."

"Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart."

Peter De Vries, American Novelist

Heart, Pain, Question

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"The way to my heart is by being truthful and spontaneous."

"The way to my heart is by being truthful and spontaneous."

Michelle Trachtenberg, American Actress

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"The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!"

"The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!"

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Heart, Day, Will

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"If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless."

"If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless."

Moliere, French Playwright

Heart, Integrity

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"If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart."

"If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart."

Allen Iverson, American Athlete

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"I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that "spark" yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do."

"I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that "spark" yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do."

Steve Kerr, Lebanese Athlete

Heart, Profession, Want

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"When I die Dublin will be written in my heart."

"When I die Dublin will be written in my heart."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

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"A man's heart may have a secret sanctuary where only one woman may enter, but it is full of little anterooms which are seldom vacant."

"A man's heart may have a secret sanctuary where only one woman may enter, but it is full of little anterooms which are seldom vacant."

Helen Rowland, American Writer

Heart, Man, May, Woman

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"After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my heart was frequently turned to the Lord with inward breathings for his heavenly support, that I might not fail to follow him wheresoever he might lead me."

"After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my heart was frequently turned to the Lord with inward breathings for his heavenly support, that I might not fail to follow him wheresoever he might lead me."

John Woolman, American Clergyman

Heart, Thoughts, Journey, Sadness

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"You might not be able to stomach it, but as long as you can mind it, your heart will be all right."

"You might not be able to stomach it, but as long as you can mind it, your heart will be all right."

Brian Celio, American Novelist

Heart, Mind, Right, Will

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"Memory always obeys the commands of the heart."

"Memory always obeys the commands of the heart."

Antoine Rivarol, French Journalist

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"Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred."

"Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred."

Swami Sivananda, Indian Philosopher

Heart, Forget, Hatred, Injury

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"It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb."

"It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb."

Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Scientist

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"I answer a fan with a hearing heart first."

"I answer a fan with a hearing heart first."

Kent McCord, American Actor

Heart, First, Hearing

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"I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts."

"I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts."

Rita Coolidge, American Musician

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