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"I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain."
Joyce Cary
"I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain."
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"I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me."
Loretta Lynn
"I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me."
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"I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either."
Francesca Annis
"I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either."
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"Don't wish,"said Rain, "don't start. Wishing only..."
Gregory Maguire
"Don't wish,"said Rain, "don't start. Wishing only..."
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"Also, the more you're not focused on showbiz and instead focused on life, learning about other people, and keeping your eyes open and trying to be aware of the world."
Jason Schwartzman
"Also, the more you're not focused on showbiz and instead focused on life, learning about other people, and keeping your eyes open and trying to be aware of the world."
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"So, not only am I panicking over the weekend if I need to know my lines, but also if can I get the kids to the zoo. Can I even go to church? I was asking for certain things that would allow me to plan my life a little better."
Hunter Tylo
"So, not only am I panicking over the weekend if I need to know my lines, but also if can I get the kids to the zoo. Can I even go to church? I was asking for certain things that would allow me to plan my life a little better."
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"I don't think I'd have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I'd known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed."
Bill Watterson
"I don't think I'd have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I'd known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed."
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"The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism."
Arthur Miller
"The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism."
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"Congress must take responsibility for a new positive direction - an innovative agenda that will lead to a more secure America. Secure communities, secure economies, and a secure quality of life."
Rick Larsen
"Congress must take responsibility for a new positive direction - an innovative agenda that will lead to a more secure America. Secure communities, secure economies, and a secure quality of life."
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"There is sorrow enough in the natural wayFrom men and woman to fill our day;But when we are certain of sorrow in store,Why do we always arrange for more?Brothers & Sisters, I bid you bewareOf giving your heart to a dog to tear."
Rudyard Kipling
"There is sorrow enough in the natural wayFrom men and woman to fill our day;But when we are certain of sorrow in store,Why do we always arrange for more?Brothers & Sisters, I bid you bewareOf giving your heart to a dog to tear."
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"All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it."
Ted Turner
"All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it."
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"When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing."
"When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing."
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"There are dreams which belong only partly in the unconscious; these are the dreams we remember on waking so vividly that we deliberately continue them, and so fall asleep again and wake and sleep and the dream goes on without interruption, with a thread of logic the pure dream doesn't possess."
Graham Greene
"There are dreams which belong only partly in the unconscious; these are the dreams we remember on waking so vividly that we deliberately continue them, and so fall asleep again and wake and sleep and the dream goes on without interruption, with a thread of logic the pure dream doesn't possess."
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"The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense."
Talcott Parsons
"The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense."
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"I guess that my life has been a series of flukes in the record business. The first thing I ever did was the biggest record that I'll ever have."
Alex Chilton
"I guess that my life has been a series of flukes in the record business. The first thing I ever did was the biggest record that I'll ever have."
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"In everyday life there is always manana. There is no urgency."
Mark Spitz
"In everyday life there is always manana. There is no urgency."
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"There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do in the process of reforming the political economy and improving the quality of life of our people and communities."
Ibrahim Babangida
"There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do in the process of reforming the political economy and improving the quality of life of our people and communities."
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"Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing."
Russell Banks
"Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing."
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"You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning."
Barbara Sher
"You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning."
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"He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistance. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog.""I'm only a kid!" I shrieked. "I can't get married!""You could in New Hampshire.""
James Patterson
"He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistance. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog.""I'm only a kid!" I shrieked. "I can't get married!""You could in New Hampshire.""
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"I would just like to get him to think about these things; whether what's happening in Iraq is promoting the culture of life. The worry is that he is so certain that he know where he's going to lead the country."
Peter Singer
"I would just like to get him to think about these things; whether what's happening in Iraq is promoting the culture of life. The worry is that he is so certain that he know where he's going to lead the country."
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"The world began in hazard and will end in it."
John Fowles
"The world began in hazard and will end in it."
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"Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying."
Thomas Paine
"Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying."
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"Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action."
Ellen Richards
"Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action."
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"You only have one life. Make sure that yours is one you are happy to be living."
Domonique Bertolucci
"You only have one life. Make sure that yours is one you are happy to be living."
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"When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep walking."
Sarah Jessica Parker
"When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep walking."
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"The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic life, which has meant so much to our development."
Frank B. Kellogg
"The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic life, which has meant so much to our development."
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"I mean, on the television, I've got to continue to be Star Jones Reynolds. And I enjoy that. But in my real life, I'm a wife now. You can't really be bossy when you're married."
Star Jones
"I mean, on the television, I've got to continue to be Star Jones Reynolds. And I enjoy that. But in my real life, I'm a wife now. You can't really be bossy when you're married."
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"The busier you are, the more interesting you are. The more you're off doing your thing and loving your job and your life, that's fascinating."
Claudia Christian
"The busier you are, the more interesting you are. The more you're off doing your thing and loving your job and your life, that's fascinating."
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"You know, I've carried a weapon for 10 years, never shot anybody, never robbed anybody. It has saved my life twice, but I know they're not toys. I practice with firearms, I enjoy shooting, it's a hobby of mine and I have a healthy respect for them."
Luke Scott
"You know, I've carried a weapon for 10 years, never shot anybody, never robbed anybody. It has saved my life twice, but I know they're not toys. I practice with firearms, I enjoy shooting, it's a hobby of mine and I have a healthy respect for them."
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"Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be."
Layne Staley
"Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be."
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"I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so."
Althea Gibson
"I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so."
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"I find too often in the wrestling business, you just wrestle, get to the hotel, make your money. Sometimes I have to stop and remind myself to enjoy my life and not just rush through."
Owen Hart
"I find too often in the wrestling business, you just wrestle, get to the hotel, make your money. Sometimes I have to stop and remind myself to enjoy my life and not just rush through."
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"Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear."
Horace Mann
"Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear."
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"In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others."
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"I couldn't have come up with a better metaphor for my life and my internal conflict. It amazes me how quickly we can manifest our fears; not only had I created my 'I'm never satisfied, I'll drive her away' nightmare."
Kenny Loggins
"I couldn't have come up with a better metaphor for my life and my internal conflict. It amazes me how quickly we can manifest our fears; not only had I created my 'I'm never satisfied, I'll drive her away' nightmare."
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"I have a habitual feeling of my real life having past, and that I am now leading a posthumous existence."
John Keats
"I have a habitual feeling of my real life having past, and that I am now leading a posthumous existence."
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"There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself."
Hermann Hesse
"There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself."
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"A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life."
Paul Tsongas
"A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life."
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"Be wise today so you don't cry tomorrow."
E.A. Bucchianeri
"Be wise today so you don't cry tomorrow."
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"I couldn't go anywhere unless there was a security guard with me. That spoiled my life. It was like being in captivity. Those days are gone, and I don't ever want to see that happen to me again. Now I can wander around the streets of Los Angeles on my own. I like it that way."
Christine McVie
"I couldn't go anywhere unless there was a security guard with me. That spoiled my life. It was like being in captivity. Those days are gone, and I don't ever want to see that happen to me again. Now I can wander around the streets of Los Angeles on my own. I like it that way."
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"The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity."
Jimmy Carter
"The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity."
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"Because 'You're perfect just the way you are,' is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic."
Libba Bray
"Because 'You're perfect just the way you are,' is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic."
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"And I'm not very coordinated, either. Only on ice skates, not in real life."
Julie Benz
"And I'm not very coordinated, either. Only on ice skates, not in real life."
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"I did not in late November start the plethora of linking my private life with public events again."
David Blunkett
"I did not in late November start the plethora of linking my private life with public events again."
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"Money brings courage with it but lock contentment behind."
Kishore Bansal
"Money brings courage with it but lock contentment behind."
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"Be there a picnic for the devil,an orgy for the satyr,and a wedding for the bride."
Roman Payne
"Be there a picnic for the devil,an orgy for the satyr,and a wedding for the bride."
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"Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is."
Isaac Mizrahi
"Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is."
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"I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant life of missionary, by a slow process or suddenly."
Pierre Loti
"I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant life of missionary, by a slow process or suddenly."
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"You know, I spend most of my life turning things down. There's a lot of crap out there."
Bea Arthur
"You know, I spend most of my life turning things down. There's a lot of crap out there."
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