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"I was just so lucky to have a wonderful life after a tough marriage."

"I was just so lucky to have a wonderful life after a tough marriage."

Lynn Johnston, American Cartoonist

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"Back then I didn't think a woman like that, or a relationship like that, could exist with complete freedom and no jealousy or possessiveness. I thought it sounded too good to be true and I was certainly convinced it wasn't the life for me!"

"Back then I didn't think a woman like that, or a relationship like that, could exist with complete freedom and no jealousy or possessiveness. I thought it sounded too good to be true and I was certainly convinced it wasn't the life for me!"

Sylvia Kristel, Dutch Actress

Life, Thought, Freedom, Jealousy

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"The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life."

"The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life."

Erno Rubik, Hungarian Inventor

Life, Imitation, Improvement

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"Married life is an existence with bars around it."

"Married life is an existence with bars around it."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Life, Existence

40

"If something is going on in my life, it winds up getting into my strip."

"If something is going on in my life, it winds up getting into my strip."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

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"I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life."

"I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life."

Miles Davis, American Musician

Life, Day, Future, Thinking

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"He is a state of matter, a form of life, a sort of animal, and a species of the Order Primates, akin nearly or remotely to all of life and indeed to all that is material."

"He is a state of matter, a form of life, a sort of animal, and a species of the Order Primates, akin nearly or remotely to all of life and indeed to all that is material."

George G. Simpson, American Paleontologist

Life, Order, State

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"With my somewhat vague aspiring mind, to be imprisoned in the rude details of a most material life was often irksome."

"With my somewhat vague aspiring mind, to be imprisoned in the rude details of a most material life was often irksome."

Edward Carpenter, English Activist

40

"They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person's life."

"They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person's life."

Daryl Gates, American Public Servant

Life, Ability, Authority, Circumstances

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"Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence."

"Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence."

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian Author

Life, Contentment, Indolence

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"An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life."

"An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life."

Sting, British Musician

Life, Friend, Canada, Guitar

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"Life is just more comfortable if you're honest and open about everything. I spent so many years being in the closet about one thing or another."

"Life is just more comfortable if you're honest and open about everything. I spent so many years being in the closet about one thing or another."

Antony Sher, South African Writer

Life, Being, Open, Years

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"Those who speak of our culture as dead or dying have a quarrel with life, and I think they cannot understand its terms, but must endlessly repeat the projection of their own desires."

"Those who speak of our culture as dead or dying have a quarrel with life, and I think they cannot understand its terms, but must endlessly repeat the projection of their own desires."

Muriel Rukeyser, American Poet

Life, Culture, Dying, Quarrel

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"For those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we are grateful that such men and women were among us. For those who continue to serve, we honor their commitment. For those who return to civilian life, we honor their service."

"For those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we are grateful that such men and women were among us. For those who continue to serve, we honor their commitment. For those who return to civilian life, we honor their service."

Steve Buyer, American Politician

Life, Men, Women, Sacrifice

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"The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully we will also see that the lessons we're teaching - not only the fundamentals of hockey, but also the life values - are sinking in."

"The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully we will also see that the lessons we're teaching - not only the fundamentals of hockey, but also the life values - are sinking in."

Bobby Orr, Canadian Athlete

Life, Values, Kids, Smile

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"Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties."

"Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties."

James Jeans, English Physicist

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"But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty."

"But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty."

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

Life, Beauty, Existence, First

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"Most of my father's life consisted of traveling to almost every part of Europe."

"Most of my father's life consisted of traveling to almost every part of Europe."

Sigrid Undset, Norwegian Novelist

Life, Father, Europe, Traveling

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"I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice."

"I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

40

"Because of new technologies, new wealth, new conditions of domestic life and of international relations, unprecedented criteria and issues are coming up for national decision."

"Because of new technologies, new wealth, new conditions of domestic life and of international relations, unprecedented criteria and issues are coming up for national decision."

Herman Kahn, American Scientist

Life, Decision, Wealth

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"I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening."

"I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Life, Politics, War, Disaster

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"Control your life through insanity."

"Control your life through insanity."

Cliff Burton, American Musician

Life, Control, Insanity

40

"There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust - good Christians and good Communists."

"There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust - good Christians and good Communists."

Joe Slovo, South African Politician

Life, Trust, People, Southafrican

40

"You can definitely become a victim and let people completely destroy your life."

"You can definitely become a victim and let people completely destroy your life."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

40

"Going to Peru is, well, if you ever have an opportunity in your life to go there, you should do it because it is absolutely mind boggling."

"Going to Peru is, well, if you ever have an opportunity in your life to go there, you should do it because it is absolutely mind boggling."

Dean Stockwell, American Actor

Life, Opportunity, Mind

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"We're not in high school anymore and we've had a little more life experiences to help us better understand what were going through in terms of stardom and recognition."

"We're not in high school anymore and we've had a little more life experiences to help us better understand what were going through in terms of stardom and recognition."

Jay Hernandez, American Actor

Life, Help, School

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"Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?"

"Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?"

Paul Simon, American Musician

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"I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films."

"I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films."

Anthony Minghella, British Director

40

"My first book was the book that changed my life."

"My first book was the book that changed my life."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

40

"I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was."

"I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was."

Jennifer Lopez, American Musician

Life, Movies, Trying

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"I don't imagine my parents are too excited about my kind of life. The surrounding weirdness bothers them. Still, I think they're pretty good. Their lives are based on what their friends think, just like ours are."

"I don't imagine my parents are too excited about my kind of life. The surrounding weirdness bothers them. Still, I think they're pretty good. Their lives are based on what their friends think, just like ours are."

Grace Slick, American Musician

Life, Friends, Parents, Pretty

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"If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women."

"If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women."

Harri Holkeri, Finnish Politician

Life, Women, Education, President

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"So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things."

"So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things."

Duane G. Carey, American Astronaut

Life, Exploration

40

"It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence."

"It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence."

Alex Trebek, American Entertainer

40

"Look at Christ, my dear friend: His life was divine through and through, full of self-denial, and He did everything for mankind, finding His satisfaction and His delight in the dissolution of His material being."

"Look at Christ, my dear friend: His life was divine through and through, full of self-denial, and He did everything for mankind, finding His satisfaction and His delight in the dissolution of His material being."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

Life, Being, Christ, Delight

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"The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life."

"The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life."

Roy Jenkins, British Politician

40

"I know that my life is going to be hell from here on."

"I know that my life is going to be hell from here on."

Susan Smith, American Criminal

40

"Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life."

"Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life."

Wislawa Szymborska, Polish Poet

Life, Knowledge, Questions

40

"Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible."

"Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible."

Edward Teller, American Physicist

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"Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well."

"Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well."

Robert Herrick, British Poet

Life, Virtue, First, Man

40

"Life should be great rather than long."

"Life should be great rather than long."

B. R. Ambedkar, Indian Politician

40

"There's a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are."

"There's a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

40

"I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life."

"I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life."

Edgar Rice Burroughs, American Writer

Life, Love, Control, Emotions

40

"Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything."

"Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

Life, Bed, Pets, Woman

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"My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also going to be teaching a class for students on earth about life in space and on the space shuttle and conducting experiments."

"My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also going to be teaching a class for students on earth about life in space and on the space shuttle and conducting experiments."

Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut

Life, Class, Earth, Job

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"I think that life has a secret, and children they hold that secret. Maybe it's not given to everybody to discover this thing."

"I think that life has a secret, and children they hold that secret. Maybe it's not given to everybody to discover this thing."

Celine Dion, Canadian Musician

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"Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme."

"Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme."

Michael Tippett, English Composer

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"There is virtually nothing I wouldn't be willing to do, to try and make sure that children have a fair shake in life."

"There is virtually nothing I wouldn't be willing to do, to try and make sure that children have a fair shake in life."

Daniel Keys Moran, American Writer

Life, Children, Nothing

40

"The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do."

"The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do."

Denis Waitley, American Writer

Life, Thoughts, Waking, Will

40

"The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right."

"The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right."

Georg Simmel, German Sociologist

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