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"Life excites me-just little, normal, everyday things. Getting out of bed. Getting dressed. Making food. I find it all exciting."

"Life excites me-just little, normal, everyday things. Getting out of bed. Getting dressed. Making food. I find it all exciting."

Liv Tyler, American Actress

Life, Food, Bed

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"If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals."

"If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals."

Lou Holtz, American Coach

Life, Goals, Desire

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"An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house."

"An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house."

Maria Callas, American Musician

Life, Imagination, Opera

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"I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life."

"I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life."

Tom Hooper, British Director

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"Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward, I don't know any other stipend annexed to it."

"Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward, I don't know any other stipend annexed to it."

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Life, Superiority, Virtue, Day

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"Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it."

"Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it."

Ernest Holmes, American Theologian

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"I just have beautiful memories of what has happened in my life."

"I just have beautiful memories of what has happened in my life."

Persis Khambatta, Indian Actress

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"One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life."

"One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American Writer

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"You can't buy time, Nick. Ever. It's the only thing in life you can't get most of, and it's the one thing that will mercilessly tear you up when it's gone. It takes no pity on no soul and no heart."

"You can't buy time, Nick. Ever. It's the only thing in life you can't get most of, and it's the one thing that will mercilessly tear you up when it's gone. It takes no pity on no soul and no heart."

Sherrilyn Kenyon, American Author

Life, Time, Values, Truth

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"On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations, interests, uses of time and consciousness are offered to it from all sides. They carry the person as if in a stream, and one needs hardly to swim for oneself."

"On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations, interests, uses of time and consciousness are offered to it from all sides. They carry the person as if in a stream, and one needs hardly to swim for oneself."

Georg Simmel, German Sociologist

Life, Time, Consciousness, Needs

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"Old age is the verdict of life."

"Old age is the verdict of life."

Amelia Barr, American Novelist

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"The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others."

"The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others."

Albert Schweitzer, German Theologian

Life, Purpose, Compassion, Help

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"I could never live a nonproductive life and I feel that I have lived a productive life as far as I want to in terms of this company that I have for so many years."

"I could never live a nonproductive life and I feel that I have lived a productive life as far as I want to in terms of this company that I have for so many years."

Katherine Dunham, American Dancer

Life, Company, Want, Years

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"Well, I think that people are smart enough to understand the difference between a movie and real life."

"Well, I think that people are smart enough to understand the difference between a movie and real life."

Nick Cassavetes, American Actor

Life, People, Difference

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"I never lied to a person in my life; my kids didn't, either."

"I never lied to a person in my life; my kids didn't, either."

Art Modell, American Businessman

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"At the ballet, you really feel like you're in the presence of something outside the rest of your life. Higher than the rest of your life."

"At the ballet, you really feel like you're in the presence of something outside the rest of your life. Higher than the rest of your life."

Robert Caro, American Writer

Life, Ballet, Rest

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"We've got to practice three weeks, get the kinks out, then we've got to practice three weeks with the crew, and then go out for four months. It's just a huge chunk of time out of life."

"We've got to practice three weeks, get the kinks out, then we've got to practice three weeks with the crew, and then go out for four months. It's just a huge chunk of time out of life."

Bob Seger, American Musician

Life, Time, Months, Practice

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"I've had a big heart my whole life; all the Korn fans know that. A lot of people told me that I was different."

"I've had a big heart my whole life; all the Korn fans know that. A lot of people told me that I was different."

Brian Welch, American Musician

Life, People, Heart, Fans

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"The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous."

"The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous."

Brooke Shields, American Actress

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"Songs are life in 80 words or less."

"Songs are life in 80 words or less."

Neil Diamond, American Musician

Life, Songs, Words

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"Some people in LA are addicted. They have to be here. My personal life is stronger than my professional life, in terms of priorities."

"Some people in LA are addicted. They have to be here. My personal life is stronger than my professional life, in terms of priorities."

Debi Mazar, American Actress

Life, People, Priorities

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"The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the love that is God. Anyone who begins to live and grow away from God, who lives away from what is good, is turning his life toward wrath."

"The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the love that is God. Anyone who begins to live and grow away from God, who lives away from what is good, is turning his life toward wrath."

Joseph Ratzinger, German Clergyman

Life, Love, God, Living

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"Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us."

"Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us."

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt, German Linguist

Life, Character

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"My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on."

"My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on."

Lance Loud, American Actor

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"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."

George Washington Carver, American Scientist

Life, Being, Will

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"Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect."

"Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect."

Margaret Mitchell, American Novelist

Life, Obligation

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"All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child."

"All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child."

Marie Curie, Polish Scientist

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"Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you. If it's what you want to do and it's within yourself, then keep going and try to do it for the rest of your life."

"Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you. If it's what you want to do and it's within yourself, then keep going and try to do it for the rest of your life."

Jake Gyllenhaal, American Actor

Life, People, Rest, Want

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"We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father himself said... there is no room in the priesthood or religious life for someone who has abused a child. I think he's right."

"We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father himself said... there is no room in the priesthood or religious life for someone who has abused a child. I think he's right."

Roger Mahony, American Clergyman

Life, Time, Father, People

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"She said yes. If only she didn't talk so much!"

"She said yes. If only she didn't talk so much!"

Ljupka Cvetanova, Macedonian Author

Life, Communication, Decision, Choice, Action

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"The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next."

"The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next."

Melinda Gates, American Clergyman

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"Ban partial-birth abortion except to save mother's life."

"Ban partial-birth abortion except to save mother's life."

Jerry Weller, American Politician

Life, Mother, Abortion

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"You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself."

"You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself."

Henry Kravis, American Businessman

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"How had I lost so much in such a short period of time? It would seem like leaving your family, living in some foreign place, and being separated from the person you love should be events that take years to roll into place, not just a day."

"How had I lost so much in such a short period of time? It would seem like leaving your family, living in some foreign place, and being separated from the person you love should be events that take years to roll into place, not just a day."

Kiera Cass, American Novelist

Life, Loss, Time, Separation, Experience

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"I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it."

"I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it."

Ella Maillart, Swiss Writer

Life, Knowledge, Poor

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"Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe."

"Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe."

John Polkinghorne, British Physicist

Life, Earth, Evolution, Universe

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"Fortunately or unfortunately, the greatest authority on matters of life is life itself."

"Fortunately or unfortunately, the greatest authority on matters of life is life itself."

Raheel Farooq, Pakistani Writer

Life, Experience, Learning, Authority

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"My children are my whole life."

"My children are my whole life."

Kelly LeBrock, British Actress

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"I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get."

"I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get."

Meg Ryan, American Actress

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"There's a rumor that there may be an attempt at organizing a possible script for a series on my life, which, when you look at my police record, you'd have to have more than one hour to tell the story."

"There's a rumor that there may be an attempt at organizing a possible script for a series on my life, which, when you look at my police record, you'd have to have more than one hour to tell the story."

Merle Haggard, American Musician

Life, May, Police, Rumor

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"A woman has many faces as she goes through her life. It's like we need more than one hair-do. We have many, many changes in the evolution of our lives. We have, we learn, and we grow; we view life differently, and life views us differently."

"A woman has many faces as she goes through her life. It's like we need more than one hair-do. We have many, many changes in the evolution of our lives. We have, we learn, and we grow; we view life differently, and life views us differently."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

Life, Evolution, Faces, Hair

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"One in a million cases; such comforting odds, except when you were the one."

"One in a million cases; such comforting odds, except when you were the one."

Gayle Forman, American Journalist

Life, Chance, Regret, Reality, Uncertainty

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"The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains."

"The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains."

Josephine Baker, French Dancer

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"I would never withhold information about the murder of my man Biggie, or anybody else. It's just silly and ridiculous. The accusations are just flying out. All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music."

"I would never withhold information about the murder of my man Biggie, or anybody else. It's just silly and ridiculous. The accusations are just flying out. All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music."

Puff Daddy, American Musician

Life, Music, Accusations, Flying

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"It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life."

"It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life."

Max Frisch, Swiss Novelist

Life, Ending, Meaning, Sound

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"Being a mom's so empowering and incredible. I'm one of those people who believes that life brings things to you at a certain time for a certain reason, and if you just go with it, that's where the best moments come from."

"Being a mom's so empowering and incredible. I'm one of those people who believes that life brings things to you at a certain time for a certain reason, and if you just go with it, that's where the best moments come from."

Ashlee Simpson, American Musician

Life, Time, People, Mom

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"Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself."

"Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself."

Larry Williams, American Musician

Life, Beginning, End

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"And an integrated life is one where you're able to fit the different pieces of your life together in seamless fashion."

"And an integrated life is one where you're able to fit the different pieces of your life together in seamless fashion."

James Collins, American Athlete

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"Joan organizes our social life, and on weekends I follow her around."

"Joan organizes our social life, and on weekends I follow her around."

Robert B. Parker, American Writer

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"Nothing gives a sadder sense of decay than this loss or suspension of the power to deal with unaccustomed things, and to keep up with the swiftness of the passing moment."

"Nothing gives a sadder sense of decay than this loss or suspension of the power to deal with unaccustomed things, and to keep up with the swiftness of the passing moment."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

Life, Decay, Change, Time, Adaptation

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