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"As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible."
Hank Stram
"As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible."
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"I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life."
Julius Erving
"I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life."
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"If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life."
Tim Conway
"If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life."
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"Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something."
Liz Carpenter
"Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something."
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"I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities."
Donna Summer
"I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities."
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"Hazard has conditioned us to live in hazard. All our pleasures are dependant upon it. Even though I arrange for a pleasure; and look forward to it, my eventual enjoyment of it is still a matter of hazard. Wherever time passes, there is hazard. You may die before you turn the next page."
John Fowles
"Hazard has conditioned us to live in hazard. All our pleasures are dependant upon it. Even though I arrange for a pleasure; and look forward to it, my eventual enjoyment of it is still a matter of hazard. Wherever time passes, there is hazard. You may die before you turn the next page."
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"No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in."
Gail Sheehy
"No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in."
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"To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites."
John Mayall
"To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites."
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"Life is too short for a long story."
Mary Wortley Montagu
"Life is too short for a long story."
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"The struggle to the top is in itself enough to fulfill the human heart. Sisyphus should be regarded as happy."
Albert Camus
"The struggle to the top is in itself enough to fulfill the human heart. Sisyphus should be regarded as happy."
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"I did this role in Life Goes On as an HIV positive character and so emotionally that was the most challenging."
Chad Lowe
"I did this role in Life Goes On as an HIV positive character and so emotionally that was the most challenging."
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"We lived the life with Keith Moon. It was all Spinal Tap magnified a thousand times."
Roger Daltrey
"We lived the life with Keith Moon. It was all Spinal Tap magnified a thousand times."
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"Life is a tragedy full of joy."
Bernard Malamud
"Life is a tragedy full of joy."
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"Some people have just rented your body to live in it for sometime and depart. Others consider you as a permanent residence to dwell in forever. Which ever, you must remember to accommodate all those who want to be accommodated. Be each other's keeper."
Israelmore Ayivor
"Some people have just rented your body to live in it for sometime and depart. Others consider you as a permanent residence to dwell in forever. Which ever, you must remember to accommodate all those who want to be accommodated. Be each other's keeper."
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"It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations."
Mac Thornberry
"It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations."
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"The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal."
Kenneth Lay
"The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal."
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"When life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward."
Andrea Thompson
"When life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward."
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"The society based on production is only productive, not creative."
Albert Camus
"The society based on production is only productive, not creative."
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"If the Army helped towards my tuition fees I would then give them four years of my life."
James Blunt
"If the Army helped towards my tuition fees I would then give them four years of my life."
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"Tarrou had "lost the match," as he put it. But what had he, Rieux, won? No more than the experience of having known plague and remembering it, of having known friendship and remembering it, of knowing affection and being destined one day to remember it. So all a man could win in the conflict between plague and life was knowledge and memories. But Tarrou, perhaps, would have called that winning the match."
Albert Camus
"Tarrou had "lost the match," as he put it. But what had he, Rieux, won? No more than the experience of having known plague and remembering it, of having known friendship and remembering it, of knowing affection and being destined one day to remember it. So all a man could win in the conflict between plague and life was knowledge and memories. But Tarrou, perhaps, would have called that winning the match."
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"The three great moments of my life had to be the concerts of Ellington in 1938, Dizzy in '48, and Ella in '52."
Boris Vian
"The three great moments of my life had to be the concerts of Ellington in 1938, Dizzy in '48, and Ella in '52."
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"With the breakdown of discipline in the home and with every source of amusement and instruction pouring poison into daily life, it is not to be wondered that the minds of people are ready to receive anything but the truth and that they are ready to believe lies and ultimately the lie."
Billy Graham
"With the breakdown of discipline in the home and with every source of amusement and instruction pouring poison into daily life, it is not to be wondered that the minds of people are ready to receive anything but the truth and that they are ready to believe lies and ultimately the lie."
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"The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps."
Bob Black
"The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps."
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"Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do."
Mark Twain
"Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do."
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"He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard."
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"God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may make a good use of the time that thou mayest be pleased yet to grant me for repentance."
Patrick Gordon
"God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may make a good use of the time that thou mayest be pleased yet to grant me for repentance."
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"I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing players, it's about having fun. That's a void in your life right now, but it's something you're going to have here."
Rick Pitino
"I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing players, it's about having fun. That's a void in your life right now, but it's something you're going to have here."
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"Sensitive people either love deeply or they regret deeply. There really is no middle ground because they live in passionate extremes."
Shannon L. Alder
"Sensitive people either love deeply or they regret deeply. There really is no middle ground because they live in passionate extremes."
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"Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way."
Seneca
"Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way."
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"When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect thereof is substantially to identify the national purpose with the social problem."
Herbert Croly
"When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect thereof is substantially to identify the national purpose with the social problem."
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"A bath and a tenderloin steak. Those are the high points of a man's life."
Curt Siodmak
"A bath and a tenderloin steak. Those are the high points of a man's life."
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"My own sense of family, where I came from and what I made for myself is an important part of my life."
Nora Roberts
"My own sense of family, where I came from and what I made for myself is an important part of my life."
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"Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise."
George Orwell
"Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise."
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"Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame."
Erica Jong
"Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame."
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"There is a lot to life, and a lot more than just television to life."
Bryant Gumbel
"There is a lot to life, and a lot more than just television to life."
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"Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery."
Walter Winchell
"Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery."
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"Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple."
Barry Switzer
"Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple."
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"When one is silent, those around speak even more, my lord."
Melina Marchetta
"When one is silent, those around speak even more, my lord."
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"The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is one that soothes all children, and many writers."
Joan Didion
"The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is one that soothes all children, and many writers."
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"Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet."
Benjamin Hoff
"Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet."
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"The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue."
Cecil Taylor
"The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue."
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"My life should be unique; it should be an alms, a battle, a conquest, a medicine."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"My life should be unique; it should be an alms, a battle, a conquest, a medicine."
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"Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament."
George Santayana
"Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament."
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"College inspired me to think differently. It's like no other time in your life."
Larisa Oleynik
"College inspired me to think differently. It's like no other time in your life."
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"In America, life is introverted, self-absorbed - and so is their music."
Chris Barber
"In America, life is introverted, self-absorbed - and so is their music."
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"Nothing can disturb your peace of mind unless you allow it to."
Roy T. Bennett
"Nothing can disturb your peace of mind unless you allow it to."
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"I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road."
Adelaide Anne Procter
"I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road."
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"What it meant to me: a happy life, of course, companionship, of course. A common objective, I think."
Denis Thatcher
"What it meant to me: a happy life, of course, companionship, of course. A common objective, I think."
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"More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate."
Roy T. Bennett
"More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate."
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"I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing."
Alfonso Ribeiro
"I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing."
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