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"The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes."
Susan Sontag
"The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes."
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"Nobody ever goes before their time."
Joyce Rachelle
"Nobody ever goes before their time."
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"Gallows humor is part of having a doctor in the house. Deal with it."
J.R. Ward
"Gallows humor is part of having a doctor in the house. Deal with it."
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"Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live."
Anais Nin
"Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live."
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"Life is so unlike theory."
Anthony Trollope
"Life is so unlike theory."
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"To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go."
Mary Oliver
"To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go."
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"Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case."
John Rawls
"Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case."
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"How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?"
Tony Robbins
"How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?"
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"Just because you're sober, don't think you're a good driver, Cookie."
John Irving
"Just because you're sober, don't think you're a good driver, Cookie."
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"Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor."
Paul Hawken
"Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor."
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"My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere."
Jim Carrey
"My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere."
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"A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands."
William Lyon Phelps
"A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands."
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"Whether for life or death, do your own work well."
John Ruskin
"Whether for life or death, do your own work well."
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"There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that."
Bobby Orr
"There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that."
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"Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that."
Twyla Tharp
"Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that."
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"I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way."
Martha Beck
"I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way."
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"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot."
Charlie Chaplin
"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot."
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"At a moment that comes rarely in the life of a country. It is a time when destiny is ours to hold."
Paul Martin
"At a moment that comes rarely in the life of a country. It is a time when destiny is ours to hold."
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"In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems."
Wietse Venema
"In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems."
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"Now that I look back on it, having retired from being a reporter, it was kind of romantic. It was a wonderful way to live one's life, just as I imagined it would be when I was 6 or 7."
Charles Kuralt
"Now that I look back on it, having retired from being a reporter, it was kind of romantic. It was a wonderful way to live one's life, just as I imagined it would be when I was 6 or 7."
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"My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could."
Mikhail Gorbachev
"My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could."
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"Jesus gives his life for the congregation, not the other way around."
Rob Walton
"Jesus gives his life for the congregation, not the other way around."
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"Strangest problems of life seem clearing, but clouds sweep between--Is my journey's end coming?"
Herman Melville
"Strangest problems of life seem clearing, but clouds sweep between--Is my journey's end coming?"
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"The great end of life is not knowledge but action."
Francis Bacon
"The great end of life is not knowledge but action."
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"We will emerge stronger as a diverse community; the area will be rebuilt with life around the clock, new buildings, restaurants, places of entertainment."
George Pataki
"We will emerge stronger as a diverse community; the area will be rebuilt with life around the clock, new buildings, restaurants, places of entertainment."
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"Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful."
Pamela Anderson
"Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful."
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"I have done without electricity, and tend the fireplace and stove myself. Evenings, I light the old lamps. There is no running water, and I pump the water from the well. I chop the wood and cook the food. These simple acts make man simple; and how difficult it is to be simple!"
Carl Jung
"I have done without electricity, and tend the fireplace and stove myself. Evenings, I light the old lamps. There is no running water, and I pump the water from the well. I chop the wood and cook the food. These simple acts make man simple; and how difficult it is to be simple!"
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"Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are."
Jean Anouilh
"Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are."
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"A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives."
Albert Schweitzer
"A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives."
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"The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire."
William R. Alger
"The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire."
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"No one OWES you a THING. So don't EXPECT it. You're on your OWN."
Carew Papritz
"No one OWES you a THING. So don't EXPECT it. You're on your OWN."
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"I feel as if I am being left out, as though I'm some straggler and people can't quite remember to stay back for me."
Marilynne Robinson
"I feel as if I am being left out, as though I'm some straggler and people can't quite remember to stay back for me."
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"It's easy, there's a trick to it, you do it or you die."
Neil Gaiman
"It's easy, there's a trick to it, you do it or you die."
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"I like to see life with its teeth out."
Janet Frame
"I like to see life with its teeth out."
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"I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore."
Jeremy Renner
"I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore."
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"Your shyness alone will bring you more emotional and material losses than all of your other negative attributes."
Amit Kalantri
"Your shyness alone will bring you more emotional and material losses than all of your other negative attributes."
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"I am not grown up, because I grow everyday."
Alin Sav
"I am not grown up, because I grow everyday."
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"To live, to truly live, one must consider each and every thing a blessing."
Kamand Kojouri
"To live, to truly live, one must consider each and every thing a blessing."
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"For pragmatic reasons, I love the routine. I love the structure of it. I love knowing that my days are free. I know where I'm going at night. I know my life is kind of orderly. I just like that better."
Andrea Martin
"For pragmatic reasons, I love the routine. I love the structure of it. I love knowing that my days are free. I know where I'm going at night. I know my life is kind of orderly. I just like that better."
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"A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind."
Robert Sheckley
"A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind."
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"You are part of God's plan and if you stop yourself because you don't think you are not good enough, we lose your unique and needed contribution to the world. Your life was a gift, and what you do with it will be a gift to God."
Eileen Anglin
"You are part of God's plan and if you stop yourself because you don't think you are not good enough, we lose your unique and needed contribution to the world. Your life was a gift, and what you do with it will be a gift to God."
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"I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching."
Roger Nash Baldwin
"I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching."
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"And then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own."
Kamand Kojouri
"And then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own."
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"Race differences show up early in life."
J. Philippe Rushton
"Race differences show up early in life."
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"I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked."
Wade Boggs
"I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked."
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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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"Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play."
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"Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization."
"Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization."
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"But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed."
William Shakespeare
"But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed."
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"I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life."
Eva Gabor
"I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life."
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