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"So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life."
Jackson Browne
"So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life."
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"Kubrick's films have life - they just never die."
R. Lee Ermey
"Kubrick's films have life - they just never die."
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"A choice of pains. That's what living was all about."
Audre Lorde
"A choice of pains. That's what living was all about."
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"I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is."
Martina Navratilova
"I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is."
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"Perfection does not consist in any singular state or condition of life, or in any particular set of duties, but in holy and religious conduct of ourselves in every state of Life."
William Law
"Perfection does not consist in any singular state or condition of life, or in any particular set of duties, but in holy and religious conduct of ourselves in every state of Life."
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"When you retire, it's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work; you develop an attitude where you can do what you please."
Tom T. Hall
"When you retire, it's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work; you develop an attitude where you can do what you please."
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"A man could be at the coffee-house every evening laughing and playing cards with his friends, he could have so much fun with his classmates that there is never a moment they arent t exploding into laughter, he could spend every hour of the day chatting with his intimates, but if that man has been abandoned by God, he d still be the loneliest man on earth."
Orhan Pamuk
"A man could be at the coffee-house every evening laughing and playing cards with his friends, he could have so much fun with his classmates that there is never a moment they arent t exploding into laughter, he could spend every hour of the day chatting with his intimates, but if that man has been abandoned by God, he d still be the loneliest man on earth."
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"A lot of times people's main motives and plan in life is to hurt as many people as they can, but I think there's enough good people that help make the world a good place."
Tina Yothers
"A lot of times people's main motives and plan in life is to hurt as many people as they can, but I think there's enough good people that help make the world a good place."
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"As dye soaks fibres, drawn into them to change their colour forever, so does a memory, stinging or sweet, change the fibre of a man's character."
Robin Hobb
"As dye soaks fibres, drawn into them to change their colour forever, so does a memory, stinging or sweet, change the fibre of a man's character."
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"You're a good boy. I wish you didn't have to be quite so good."
Patrick Ness
"You're a good boy. I wish you didn't have to be quite so good."
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"When we mated I felt your heart stop beating and it was as if the world had stopped turning. It was only while surrounded by death that I realized I had never felt more alive."
Nenia Campbell
"When we mated I felt your heart stop beating and it was as if the world had stopped turning. It was only while surrounded by death that I realized I had never felt more alive."
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"I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single."
Penelope Cruz
"I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single."
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"Death, especially violent death, will turn the meanest bastard in the world into a nice guy. Why is that?"
Laurell K. Hamilton
"Death, especially violent death, will turn the meanest bastard in the world into a nice guy. Why is that?"
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"Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity."
Helen Hayes
"Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity."
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"Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us."
Harry Emerson Fosdick
"Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us."
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"They have - they do still hit me occasionally, and it's an overwhelming grief for what - even though my life is so good now, even including going through treatment for cancer, my life is incredible."
Lynn Redgrave
"They have - they do still hit me occasionally, and it's an overwhelming grief for what - even though my life is so good now, even including going through treatment for cancer, my life is incredible."
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"You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'."
Wayne Dyer
"You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'."
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"I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem."
Tom Petty
"I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem."
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"You'll be dedicated and that's what you should want to be in anything in life - whether it's sports or academics or your relationship. It all stems from finding that fun, that thrill, that excitement."
Brandi Chastain
"You'll be dedicated and that's what you should want to be in anything in life - whether it's sports or academics or your relationship. It all stems from finding that fun, that thrill, that excitement."
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"The sun shines even on the wicked."
Seneca
"The sun shines even on the wicked."
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"The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character."
Arnold Schwarzenegger
"The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character."
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"People who think dying is the worst thing don't know a thing about life."
Sue Monk Kidd
"People who think dying is the worst thing don't know a thing about life."
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"After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper."
Gary Webb
"After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper."
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"Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics and a Christian sociology."
Christopher Dawson
"Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics and a Christian sociology."
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"But seek till ye find, and, whatever ye find for the present, let your last act be to lay and leave yourselves on the righteousness of His Son, expecting life through His name, according to the promise of the Father."
Donald Cargill
"But seek till ye find, and, whatever ye find for the present, let your last act be to lay and leave yourselves on the righteousness of His Son, expecting life through His name, according to the promise of the Father."
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"Oh, yes, that never happened to me in my life before. It was a risky film, and I warned the producer."
Alain Resnais
"Oh, yes, that never happened to me in my life before. It was a risky film, and I warned the producer."
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"Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved."
David Herbert Lawrence
"Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved."
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"You know' - Hale's breath was warm against Kat's ear in the chilly ballroom- 'I don't know that both of us really have to be here....' The slide changed. While hundreds of mathematicians waited with baited breath, the boy beside Kat whispered,'I could go make some calls... check on some things...''Play some blackjack?''Well, when in Rome...''Rome is tomorrow, babe,' Kat reminded him.He nodded. 'Right."
Ally Carter
"You know' - Hale's breath was warm against Kat's ear in the chilly ballroom- 'I don't know that both of us really have to be here....' The slide changed. While hundreds of mathematicians waited with baited breath, the boy beside Kat whispered,'I could go make some calls... check on some things...''Play some blackjack?''Well, when in Rome...''Rome is tomorrow, babe,' Kat reminded him.He nodded. 'Right."
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"When we're young we have a very clear vision of how life is supposed to be, and it all seems very neatly packaged."
Andrew Shue
"When we're young we have a very clear vision of how life is supposed to be, and it all seems very neatly packaged."
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"There are all sorts of reasons why I don't do much work in the theatre, the main one being that after two performances I feel I've given all I can. I hate repetition, I really do. It's like asking a painter to paint he same picture every day of his life."
Peter Cushing
"There are all sorts of reasons why I don't do much work in the theatre, the main one being that after two performances I feel I've given all I can. I hate repetition, I really do. It's like asking a painter to paint he same picture every day of his life."
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"I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion."
Darren Aronofsky
"I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion."
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"If Jiu Jitsu does not make you a better father, son, mother, daughter, wife or husband, you are missing the point. If Jiu Jitsu does not leave you viewing strangers in a kinder light, you are missing the point. If you are not better equipped to deal with the vicissitudes of life due to your training, then you are not really training."
Chris Matakas
"If Jiu Jitsu does not make you a better father, son, mother, daughter, wife or husband, you are missing the point. If Jiu Jitsu does not leave you viewing strangers in a kinder light, you are missing the point. If you are not better equipped to deal with the vicissitudes of life due to your training, then you are not really training."
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"I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is."
Alicia Keys
"I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is."
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"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want."
Bill Watterson
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want."
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"When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with military censorship, and in fact in situations like that there wouldn't be any press without the censorship."
Kate Adie
"When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with military censorship, and in fact in situations like that there wouldn't be any press without the censorship."
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"Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life."
Douglas William Jerrold
"Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life."
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"The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead."
Thomas Jefferson
"The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead."
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"To marry is to get a binocular view of life."
Dean Inge
"To marry is to get a binocular view of life."
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"Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love."
Brene Brown
"Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love."
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"Kenji snorts."That's because you're not fragile, Kenji says. "If anything, everyone needs to protect themselves from you. You're like a freaking beast, he says. Then adds, "I mean, you know-like, a cute beast. A little beast that tears shit up and breaks the earth and sucks the life out of people."
Tahereh Mafi
"Kenji snorts."That's because you're not fragile, Kenji says. "If anything, everyone needs to protect themselves from you. You're like a freaking beast, he says. Then adds, "I mean, you know-like, a cute beast. A little beast that tears shit up and breaks the earth and sucks the life out of people."
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"But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life."
Angela Davis
"But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life."
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"What about the hero of The House on the Strand? What did it mean when he dropped the telephone at the end of the book? I don't really know, but I rather think he was going to be paralysed for life. Don't you?"
Daphne du Maurier
"What about the hero of The House on the Strand? What did it mean when he dropped the telephone at the end of the book? I don't really know, but I rather think he was going to be paralysed for life. Don't you?"
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"That's what life is - you follow where your heart leads you - at least I do."
Kim Cattrall
"That's what life is - you follow where your heart leads you - at least I do."
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"I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there."
Reese Witherspoon
"I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there."
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"Novels are longer than life."
Natalie Clifford Barney
"Novels are longer than life."
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"I lived a very don't-ask, don't-tell life."
Tab Hunter
"I lived a very don't-ask, don't-tell life."
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"I am heartbroken that this movie would cause anyone pain. It should be a source of joy. The story is a metaphor about how we try to stay in our own little bubbles, we don't let life in, we don't take the journey."
Swoosie Kurtz
"I am heartbroken that this movie would cause anyone pain. It should be a source of joy. The story is a metaphor about how we try to stay in our own little bubbles, we don't let life in, we don't take the journey."
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"There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings."
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"I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives."
Robert Caro
"I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives."
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"The wheel of life has many spokes yet so few people ever leave the hub."
Stanley Victor Paskavich
"The wheel of life has many spokes yet so few people ever leave the hub."
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