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"Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future."
Coco Chanel
"Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future."
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"Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion."
Alberto Juantorena
"Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion."
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"I'm very happy with the way I look. I wake up some morning, catch myself in the bathroom mirror, and go, 'hey girl, you're alright'. But on the other hand, I find the website stuff, and the polls, something completely removed from my own personal life. You can't take anything like that too seriously, otherwise you'd end up in the loony bin."
Cameron Diaz
"I'm very happy with the way I look. I wake up some morning, catch myself in the bathroom mirror, and go, 'hey girl, you're alright'. But on the other hand, I find the website stuff, and the polls, something completely removed from my own personal life. You can't take anything like that too seriously, otherwise you'd end up in the loony bin."
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"Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater."
William Ralph Inge
"Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater."
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"I'm proud of what I achieved there, but a life built on memories is not much of a life."
Eric Cantona
"I'm proud of what I achieved there, but a life built on memories is not much of a life."
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"The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me."
Walter Scott
"The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me."
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"The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart."
Dalai Lama XIV
"The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart."
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"Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so huge, something they've wanted all their life, yet they know when they find it, it will kill them."
Laurie Anderson
"Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so huge, something they've wanted all their life, yet they know when they find it, it will kill them."
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"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
William Shakespeare
"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
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"I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example."
Elvis Presley
"I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example."
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"When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation."
Gerard De Nerval
"When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation."
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"I object to people running down the future. I am going to live all the rest of my life there."
Charles Kettering
"I object to people running down the future. I am going to live all the rest of my life there."
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"Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness."
Bo Bennett
"Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness."
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"So there was a constant flow and a thin line there between reality and television and yes, much of what I was experiencing in my real life was also what was going on in the television show to the extent that I had to take writers' advice and from the counselors around."
Alan Thicke
"So there was a constant flow and a thin line there between reality and television and yes, much of what I was experiencing in my real life was also what was going on in the television show to the extent that I had to take writers' advice and from the counselors around."
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"Everybody always asks about Jimmy Fallon. I'm sorry to say that he's very nice and there's not much bad to say about him. I don't know if he sucks at videogames or not. I don't think he plays them, but he could have this whole secret life I don't know about."
Rachel Dratch
"Everybody always asks about Jimmy Fallon. I'm sorry to say that he's very nice and there's not much bad to say about him. I don't know if he sucks at videogames or not. I don't think he plays them, but he could have this whole secret life I don't know about."
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"Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too."
Margaret Anderson
"Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too."
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"A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life."
Frank Pittman
"A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life."
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"The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life."
Benjamin Bratt
"The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life."
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"The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die."
Juliette Lewis
"The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die."
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"I'm trying to assemble materials for a different mode of life."
Henry Flynt
"I'm trying to assemble materials for a different mode of life."
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"Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging."
Dar Williams
"Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging."
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"I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it."
Laurence Sterne
"I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it."
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"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television."
Woody Allen
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television."
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"Being a kid and growing up is such a cool part of life."
Devon Werkheiser
"Being a kid and growing up is such a cool part of life."
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"In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment."
E. L. Doctorow
"In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment."
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"There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster."
Dalai Lama XIV
"There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster."
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"I have hope, therefore, I am happy."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"I have hope, therefore, I am happy."
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"The best things in life are silly."
Scott Adams
"The best things in life are silly."
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"Every other day there's something - I'm dealing drugs, I'm starving people. I have never done a drug in my life."
Rachel Zoe
"Every other day there's something - I'm dealing drugs, I'm starving people. I have never done a drug in my life."
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"Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves."
Edwin Way Teale
"Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves."
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"If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs."
John Clare
"If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs."
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"I wish you a joyful time at Christmas and throughout the New Year."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"I wish you a joyful time at Christmas and throughout the New Year."
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"Sixty-four thousand dollars for a question, I hope they are asking you the meaning of life."
Paul Scofield
"Sixty-four thousand dollars for a question, I hope they are asking you the meaning of life."
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"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon."
Doug Larson
"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon."
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"My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh."
Jim Carrey
"My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh."
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"There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can."
Henry Van Dyke
"There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can."
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"No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind."
Phillips Brooks
"No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind."
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"The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt."
Calvin Trillin
"The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt."
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"The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not."
Maria Mitchell
"The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not."
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"Life has got to be lived - that's all there is to it. At seventy I would say the advantage is that you take life more calmly. You know that 'this too shall pass!'"
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Life has got to be lived - that's all there is to it. At seventy I would say the advantage is that you take life more calmly. You know that 'this too shall pass!'"
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"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all."
Laura Ingalls Wilder
"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all."
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"There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls."
Howard Thurman
"There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls."
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"The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life."
Brian Tracy
"The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life."
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"How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel."
Ernst Toller
"How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel."
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"I'm not qualified to do anything else. So there better be another job. I'm kind of stuck now. I'm enjoying my life and I'm enjoying my work, and I'm enjoying the fact that the work I'm doing is garnering some interest and that's great. I just hope that it continues."
Alfred Molina
"I'm not qualified to do anything else. So there better be another job. I'm kind of stuck now. I'm enjoying my life and I'm enjoying my work, and I'm enjoying the fact that the work I'm doing is garnering some interest and that's great. I just hope that it continues."
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"In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life."
Karen Duffy
"In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life."
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"The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy."
Steven Weinberg
"The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy."
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"We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful."
Mary Antin
"We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful."
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"I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement."
Ken Burns
"I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement."
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"If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life."
Joyce Maynard
"If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life."
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