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"I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer."
Doris Lessing
"I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer."
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"Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?"
Patrick Stewart
"Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?"
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"I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it."
George Clooney
"I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it."
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"What is to give light must endure burning."
Viktor E. Frankl
"What is to give light must endure burning."
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"The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring."
Frederik Pohl
"The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring."
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"Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character."
Linda Lavin
"Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character."
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"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."
Albert Schweitzer
"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."
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"More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life."
Mikhail Gorbachev
"More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life."
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"Life begins when a person first realizes how soon it will end."
Marcelene Cox
"Life begins when a person first realizes how soon it will end."
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"The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson."
Tom Bodett
"The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson."
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"Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy."
Dag Hammarskjold
"Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy."
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"My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to seeIf Immortality unveil A third event to me,So huge, so hopeless to conceive, As these that twice befell.Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell."
Emily Dickinson
"My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to seeIf Immortality unveil A third event to me,So huge, so hopeless to conceive, As these that twice befell.Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell."
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"Life is not fair; get used to it."
Bill Gates
"Life is not fair; get used to it."
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"I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life."
Lars von Trier
"I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life."
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"Simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it."
Karolina Kurkova
"Simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it."
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"The Bible is to be our basis of authority. We must “by faith” accept [Jesus] as the Son of the living God. This sounds narrow and intolerant, and in a sense it is!"
Billy Graham
"The Bible is to be our basis of authority. We must “by faith” accept [Jesus] as the Son of the living God. This sounds narrow and intolerant, and in a sense it is!"
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"Loving is doing anything for them, thinking about them constantly and being able to spend your whole life with that person. Liking somebody is just like, 'Okay, I like them because of this, this and this, but I don't knkow if I am ready to be in love with them'."
Chris Brown
"Loving is doing anything for them, thinking about them constantly and being able to spend your whole life with that person. Liking somebody is just like, 'Okay, I like them because of this, this and this, but I don't knkow if I am ready to be in love with them'."
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"The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
William James
"The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
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"Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life."
Alan Lakein
"Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life."
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"The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it."
Carl Jung
"The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it."
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"With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life."
Bruce Beresford
"With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life."
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"If I should get lost in all the chaos of the world, pull your butterly net and catch me in the beauty of your love. Remind me of important things -- friends, flowers, fields of cool grass under bare feet, blue skies above, rain on my face, and freedom... freedom to make a difference, freedom to be me. Pull out your butterfly net and remind me of these things, and most of all... your undying love."
Melody Lee
"If I should get lost in all the chaos of the world, pull your butterly net and catch me in the beauty of your love. Remind me of important things -- friends, flowers, fields of cool grass under bare feet, blue skies above, rain on my face, and freedom... freedom to make a difference, freedom to be me. Pull out your butterfly net and remind me of these things, and most of all... your undying love."
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"Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."
Sophia Loren
"Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."
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"Growing older doesn't mean that you are more mature than everyone who is younger than you. Maturity is a lot of things, and age has nothing to do with it."
Abhysheq Shukla
"Growing older doesn't mean that you are more mature than everyone who is younger than you. Maturity is a lot of things, and age has nothing to do with it."
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"Live today with joy. Don't wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow may never come."
Debasish Mridha
"Live today with joy. Don't wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow may never come."
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"Love at first life!"
Ljupka Cvetanova
"Love at first life!"
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"Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it."
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"If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth."
Franz Kafka
"If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth."
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"Chyna Shepherd, untouched and alive and able to pee."
Dean Koontz
"Chyna Shepherd, untouched and alive and able to pee."
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"Without pain, without sacrifice we would have nothing. Like the first monkey shot into space."
Chuck Palahniuk
"Without pain, without sacrifice we would have nothing. Like the first monkey shot into space."
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"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I loveIf you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.You will hardly know who I am or what I meanBut I shall be good health to you nonethelessAnd filter and fibre your blood."
Walt Whitman
"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I loveIf you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.You will hardly know who I am or what I meanBut I shall be good health to you nonethelessAnd filter and fibre your blood."
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"My life is one long curve, full of turning points."
Pierre Trudeau
"My life is one long curve, full of turning points."
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"I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly."
Oprah Winfrey
"I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly."
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"The painful truth about life is not death but death while you are alive."
Santosh Kalwar
"The painful truth about life is not death but death while you are alive."
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"My whole belief system is that our paths are drawn for us. I believe in reincarnation. I believe we're here to learn and grow. We choose how we come into this life based on what it is we have to learn. Some people have harder lessons than others."
Gillian Anderson
"My whole belief system is that our paths are drawn for us. I believe in reincarnation. I believe we're here to learn and grow. We choose how we come into this life based on what it is we have to learn. Some people have harder lessons than others."
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"Therefore, sins of sex are punished in this life to a greater degree than some other sins."
Walter Lang
"Therefore, sins of sex are punished in this life to a greater degree than some other sins."
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"What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have."
Ralph Marston
"What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have."
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"Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel."
John Churton Collins
"Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel."
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"Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist."
Karen Horney
"Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist."
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"You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited."
Lisa Loeb
"You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited."
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"If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream."
Rene Magritte
"If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream."
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"It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish."
S. I. Hayakawa
"It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish."
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"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath."
Arnold H. Glasow
"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath."
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"There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe."
Charles Olson
"There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe."
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"St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel."
Malcolm Muggeridge
"St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel."
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"Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich."
Sonia Sotomayor
"Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich."
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"I look at myself as someone who has been very lucky - my job is also what I enjoy most in the world, and I can make my life doing it."
Fernando Alonso
"I look at myself as someone who has been very lucky - my job is also what I enjoy most in the world, and I can make my life doing it."
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"Today our churches are filled, but how many are actually practicing Christianity in daily life?"
Billy Graham
"Today our churches are filled, but how many are actually practicing Christianity in daily life?"
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"The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them."
Jean Cocteau
"The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them."
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"You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself."
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