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"Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim."
Bertrand Russell
"Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim."
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"My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life."
Faye Dunaway
"My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life."
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"I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality."
Emily Dickinson
"I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality."
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"In a lot of areas of my life, particularly in my teenage years, I began to think about the world, and to think about the universe as being a part of my conscious everyday life."
Julius Erving
"In a lot of areas of my life, particularly in my teenage years, I began to think about the world, and to think about the universe as being a part of my conscious everyday life."
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"By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual second wind for going back into the battles of life."
Emmett Kelly
"By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual second wind for going back into the battles of life."
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"Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality in ecstasy and in ecstatic love."
Georges Bataille
"Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality in ecstasy and in ecstatic love."
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"I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light."
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light."
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"The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him."
Henry L. Stimson
"The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him."
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"She let out a laugh, and then she put her hand over her mouth, like she was angry at herself for forgetting her sadness."
Jonathan Safran Foer
"She let out a laugh, and then she put her hand over her mouth, like she was angry at herself for forgetting her sadness."
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"A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval."
Barbara Walters
"A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval."
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"I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls."
Anais Nin
"I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls."
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"All that I can tell you is, that I used my humble powers to the uttermost, and raised my voice in behalf of Human Rights in general, and the elevation and Rights of Woman in particular, nearly all my life."
Ernestine L. Rose
"All that I can tell you is, that I used my humble powers to the uttermost, and raised my voice in behalf of Human Rights in general, and the elevation and Rights of Woman in particular, nearly all my life."
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"Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us."
Steven Tyler
"Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us."
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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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"You are the only one who has understood even a whisper of me, and I will tell you that I am the only person who has understood even a whisper of you."
Jonathan Safran Foer
"You are the only one who has understood even a whisper of me, and I will tell you that I am the only person who has understood even a whisper of you."
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"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward in the same direction."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward in the same direction."
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"Life is an adventure I am enjoying creating."
Jay Woodman
"Life is an adventure I am enjoying creating."
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"I had a little insight into life that most kids probably didn't have. My mother was a schoolteacher, and my father was a social worker. Through his eyes I saw the underside of society."
Charles Kuralt
"I had a little insight into life that most kids probably didn't have. My mother was a schoolteacher, and my father was a social worker. Through his eyes I saw the underside of society."
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"It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others."
Calvin Klein
"It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others."
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"There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world."
John Frankenheimer
"There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world."
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"For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby."
Natalie Wood
"For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby."
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the night. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
Terry Pratchett
"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the night. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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"I'm glad I made the decision, although the practice of law - and particularly serving as a federal judge - was a part of my life that I really enjoyed and treasured and look back on it with fondness."
George J. Mitchell
"I'm glad I made the decision, although the practice of law - and particularly serving as a federal judge - was a part of my life that I really enjoyed and treasured and look back on it with fondness."
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"We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at us from the mirror. That's the repository of that lovely identity that you keep chasing all your life."
George Wald
"We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at us from the mirror. That's the repository of that lovely identity that you keep chasing all your life."
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"We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that."
Laura Dern
"We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that."
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"Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life."
Ernie Harwell
"Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life."
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"It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer."
Charlotte Bronte
"It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer."
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"The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith."
Billy Graham
"The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith."
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"All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier."
Walt Whitman
"All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier."
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"Life is hard. After all, it kills you."
Katharine Hepburn
"Life is hard. After all, it kills you."
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"Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life."
Cat Stevens
"Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life."
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"I'm pleased with my life, with the journey."
Tina Turner
"I'm pleased with my life, with the journey."
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"From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea."
Algernon Charles Swinburne
"From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea."
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"In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike."
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"In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as an unconditional command without any rational understanding of the ultimate meaning and purpose of that command."
Muhammed Iqbal
"In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as an unconditional command without any rational understanding of the ultimate meaning and purpose of that command."
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"It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?"
Jack Osbourne
"It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?"
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"In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice."
Vinoba Bhave
"In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice."
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"Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?"
Jean Anouilh
"Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?"
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"The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable."
Ted Danson
"The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable."
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"Getting to meet people that I've admired my entire life, and getting to meet them in such a way where they're coming in to play completely different characters than I had ever seen them do is just wonderful."
Will Friedle
"Getting to meet people that I've admired my entire life, and getting to meet them in such a way where they're coming in to play completely different characters than I had ever seen them do is just wonderful."
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"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication."
Marlon Brando
"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication."
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"There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking."
Alfred Korzybski
"There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking."
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"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving."
Terry Pratchett
"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving."
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"Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream."
Hugh Hefner
"Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream."
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"The fact that a person loves one particular person is what is important; the life lesson, whether you are homosexual or heterosexual, is that you not be promiscuous, and true to one person."
Loretta Devine
"The fact that a person loves one particular person is what is important; the life lesson, whether you are homosexual or heterosexual, is that you not be promiscuous, and true to one person."
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"I was pretty young when my father was prime minister, so it wasn't really a big part of my life. My folks were away a lot, meeting foreign dignitaries and that sort of thing, but it never struck me as odd. If anything it allowed me to get into all sorts of mischief."
Julian McMahon
"I was pretty young when my father was prime minister, so it wasn't really a big part of my life. My folks were away a lot, meeting foreign dignitaries and that sort of thing, but it never struck me as odd. If anything it allowed me to get into all sorts of mischief."
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"I have a lot of different stages in my life when training has been easy or hard. Now, it seems that I have been training for so long that it has become almost second nature to me."
Oksana Baiul
"I have a lot of different stages in my life when training has been easy or hard. Now, it seems that I have been training for so long that it has become almost second nature to me."
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"Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well."
Denis Waitley
"Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well."
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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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"Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it."
Akhenaton
"Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it."
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