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"The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility."
Oded Fehr
"The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility."
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"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children."
Sitting Bull
"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children."
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"Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country."
Bianca Jagger
"Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country."
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"It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why the radios in the U.S. cannot even put aside one hour a day just to play music that is not American."
Miriam Makeba
"It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why the radios in the U.S. cannot even put aside one hour a day just to play music that is not American."
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"Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away."
Dag Hammarskjold
"Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away."
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"It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life."
Lord Mountbatten
"It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life."
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"I ask every Communist individually to set an example, by deeds and without pretense, a real example worthy of a man and a Communist, in restoring order, starting normal life, in resuming work and production, and in laying the foundations of an ordered life."
Janos Kadar
"I ask every Communist individually to set an example, by deeds and without pretense, a real example worthy of a man and a Communist, in restoring order, starting normal life, in resuming work and production, and in laying the foundations of an ordered life."
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"Every day I am trying to improve my life."
Alicia Machado
"Every day I am trying to improve my life."
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"Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them."
Mother Teresa
"Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them."
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"I am ready to sacrifice everything in completing the unfinished agenda of our noble jihad... until there is no bloodshed in Afghanistan and Islam becomes a way of life for our people."
Mohammed Omar
"I am ready to sacrifice everything in completing the unfinished agenda of our noble jihad... until there is no bloodshed in Afghanistan and Islam becomes a way of life for our people."
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"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it."
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it."
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"When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life."
Marcus Aurelius
"When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life."
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"You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song."
Sai Baba
"You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song."
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"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice."
Jose Rizal
"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice."
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"Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life."
Joe Eszterhas
"Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life."
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"The reader of these Memoirs will discover that I never had any fixed aim before my eyes, and that my system, if it can be called a system, has been to glide away unconcernedly on the stream of life, trusting to the wind wherever it led."
Giacomo Casanova
"The reader of these Memoirs will discover that I never had any fixed aim before my eyes, and that my system, if it can be called a system, has been to glide away unconcernedly on the stream of life, trusting to the wind wherever it led."
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"Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another."
Augusto Roa Bastos
"Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another."
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"But now, today, we don't know if Over the River is truly the next project to be realized, because something very nice happened to our life in November in New York."
Christo
"But now, today, we don't know if Over the River is truly the next project to be realized, because something very nice happened to our life in November in New York."
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"I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life."
Patricia Velasquez
"I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life."
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"I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house occupied by a varied collection of young people, mainly students. However none of these people were true models for the characters in the book, though their way of life may have been."
Margaret Mahy
"I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house occupied by a varied collection of young people, mainly students. However none of these people were true models for the characters in the book, though their way of life may have been."
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"For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace."
King Hussein I
"For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace."
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"Real victories are those that protect human life, not those that result from its destruction or emerge from its ashes."
King Hussein I
"Real victories are those that protect human life, not those that result from its destruction or emerge from its ashes."
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"I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living."
Christian Bale
"I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living."
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"It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero."
Corazon Aquino
"It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero."
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"When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist."
John McGahern
"When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist."
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"Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe."
Alfred North Whitehead
"Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe."
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"Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life."
Rita Moreno
"Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life."
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"From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life to be left alone so much to read in peace like that."
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
"From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life to be left alone so much to read in peace like that."
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"But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It has become a very poor country, neglected for many years."
Bulent Ecevit
"But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It has become a very poor country, neglected for many years."
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"I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life."
Compay Segundo
"I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life."
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"It is as well perhaps that this is not the first time I have been swept off my feet. In the days of my blessed youth there were such occasions; in what young person's life do they not occur?"
Knut Hamsun
"It is as well perhaps that this is not the first time I have been swept off my feet. In the days of my blessed youth there were such occasions; in what young person's life do they not occur?"
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"During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life."
Philip Emeagwali
"During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life."
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"I think being beautiful is only one aspect of your life."
Alicia Machado
"I think being beautiful is only one aspect of your life."
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"Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all."
Cathy Freeman
"Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all."
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"Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again."
Omar Khayyam
"Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again."
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"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."
Omar Khayyam
"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."
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"During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk."
Soren Kierkegaard
"During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk."
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"Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life."
Luis Palau
"Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life."
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"Every seed is awakened, and all animal life."
Sitting Bull
"Every seed is awakened, and all animal life."
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"Not a living thing was to be seen and the cottages that sat huddled close to the ground remained fast shut; the smoke from the chimneys alone still gave a sign of life."
Stijn Streuvels
"Not a living thing was to be seen and the cottages that sat huddled close to the ground remained fast shut; the smoke from the chimneys alone still gave a sign of life."
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"We cannot but feel uneasy about the losses caused by humanity themselves. Apart from the losses of life and property in destructive wars, the environment and natural resources are also being destroyed by human hands."
Nong Duc Manh
"We cannot but feel uneasy about the losses caused by humanity themselves. Apart from the losses of life and property in destructive wars, the environment and natural resources are also being destroyed by human hands."
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"Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life."
Charles Eastman
"Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life."
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"All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there."
V. S. Naipaul
"All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there."
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"Many instances exist of small children who seem to remember and describe their previous life in another body, another place, and with other people. These memories emerge usually shortly after these children begin to talk."
Stanislav Grof
"Many instances exist of small children who seem to remember and describe their previous life in another body, another place, and with other people. These memories emerge usually shortly after these children begin to talk."
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"The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life."
Arthur Koestler
"The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life."
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"When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!"
Agnetha Faltskog
"When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!"
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"Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us."
Carl Jung
"Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us."
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"What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with the writing. I think that's something a lot of writers are having to face. Writers have become much more public now."
Kazuo Ishiguro
"What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with the writing. I think that's something a lot of writers are having to face. Writers have become much more public now."
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"Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life."
Joseph Prince
"Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life."
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"It's a non-stop invention, this game of life, and as soon as you think you've got it, you lose it."
Tim Finn
"It's a non-stop invention, this game of life, and as soon as you think you've got it, you lose it."
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