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"The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself."
C. Northcote Parkinson
"The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself."
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"I've inherited a sense of that loss from my parents because it was so palpable all the time while I was growing up, the sense of what my parents had sacrificed in moving to the United States, and yet at the same time, building a life here and all that that entailed."
Jhumpa Lahiri
"I've inherited a sense of that loss from my parents because it was so palpable all the time while I was growing up, the sense of what my parents had sacrificed in moving to the United States, and yet at the same time, building a life here and all that that entailed."
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"My wife was a Bond girl, in Diamonds Are Forever, so I play James Bond in real life every day."
Robert Wagner
"My wife was a Bond girl, in Diamonds Are Forever, so I play James Bond in real life every day."
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"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."
Henry David Thoreau
"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."
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"Political work is the life-blood of all economic work."
Mao Tse Tung
"Political work is the life-blood of all economic work."
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"I had one of the best days of my life. I spent the afternoon with my two kids and my ex-wife at Serendipity. Then I came to the theater, and you know, I think I did the play the best I've ever done it."
Gabriel Byrne
"I had one of the best days of my life. I spent the afternoon with my two kids and my ex-wife at Serendipity. Then I came to the theater, and you know, I think I did the play the best I've ever done it."
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"There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it."
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
"There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it."
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"I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life."
Benjamin Cardozo
"I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life."
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"I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life."
Amy Tan
"I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life."
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"In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love."
Marc Chagall
"In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love."
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"There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don't discuss my private life."
Aaliyah
"There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don't discuss my private life."
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"There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking."
Alfred Korzybski
"There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking."
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"At the bottom of the mountain you have your scoffers and doubters, by midpoint you have your envious and haters, and when you reach to the top you have new friends and family you never met or thought existed."
Anthony Liccione
"At the bottom of the mountain you have your scoffers and doubters, by midpoint you have your envious and haters, and when you reach to the top you have new friends and family you never met or thought existed."
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"I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and a bit alien to me."
Jeanne Moreau
"I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and a bit alien to me."
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"My point of reference is life, in everything that I do."
Howie Mandel
"My point of reference is life, in everything that I do."
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"Look to the future, because that is where you'll spend the rest of your life."
George Burns
"Look to the future, because that is where you'll spend the rest of your life."
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"I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing."
Terence
"I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing."
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"The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself rejecting the way of life that got me to where I was."
Clarence Thomas
"The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself rejecting the way of life that got me to where I was."
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"Married life is an existence with bars around it."
Al Goldstein
"Married life is an existence with bars around it."
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"Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us."
Learned Hand
"Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us."
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"I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life."
Jackie Chan
"I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life."
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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."
Edward Carpenter
"With my somewhat vague aspiring mind, to be imprisoned in the rude details of a most material life was often irksome."
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"My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring."
Prince William
"My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring."
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"Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings."
Jane Austen
"Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings."
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"Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence."
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
"Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence."
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"When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously."
Shakti Gawain
"When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously."
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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."
Sting
"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."
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"Absolutely. I - you know, he was so that much a part of my life that, you know, Elvis, you know, once - once you bonded with him, I mean, there was no - there was no going back. He was just a great guy."
Priscilla Presley
"Absolutely. I - you know, he was so that much a part of my life that, you know, Elvis, you know, once - once you bonded with him, I mean, there was no - there was no going back. He was just a great guy."
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"Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden."
Ieyasu Tokugawa
"Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden."
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"I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it."
Cicely Tyson
"I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it."
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"If I could live a parallel life, I would be a sitcom star; being in front of a live audience would be great."
Scott Wolf
"If I could live a parallel life, I would be a sitcom star; being in front of a live audience would be great."
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"I really never stopped thinking about Ellen, because I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life."
Portia de Rossi
"I really never stopped thinking about Ellen, because I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life."
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"A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit."
D. Elton Trueblood
"A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit."
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"Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour?"
Kristin Davis
"Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour?"
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"The book grew out of the introduction I did for Brady's Gates of Janus. I knew that the writing in that introduction had a better than average chance of being read by people involved in Brady's life - parents of victims, police, Brady himself."
Peter Sotos
"The book grew out of the introduction I did for Brady's Gates of Janus. I knew that the writing in that introduction had a better than average chance of being read by people involved in Brady's life - parents of victims, police, Brady himself."
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"Life is way better than TV. I recommend it to anyone who has forgotten they have one."
Jasmine Guy
"Life is way better than TV. I recommend it to anyone who has forgotten they have one."
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"Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as an unlikely place to go for guidance."
Hugh Mackay
"Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as an unlikely place to go for guidance."
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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."
Ellen Burstyn
"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."
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"There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation."
Eugene Ionesco
"There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation."
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"I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life."
Julia Roberts
"I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life."
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"The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century."
William Lyon Phelps
"The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century."
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"In this life he laughs longest who laughs last."
John Masefield
"In this life he laughs longest who laughs last."
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"Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life."
Walter Scott
"Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life."
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"I thought, I'm out in my life, that doesn't involve my public life."
Portia de Rossi
"I thought, I'm out in my life, that doesn't involve my public life."
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"By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive."
Albert Schweitzer
"By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive."
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"There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life."
William Lyon Phelps
"There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life."
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"If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the capacity to receive, to utilize, to store, to transform, and to transmit information."
Dee Hock
"If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the capacity to receive, to utilize, to store, to transform, and to transmit information."
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"We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life."
John Eaton
"We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life."
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"Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old."
Bill Walton
"Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old."
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"I think the whole reason for my life is in there somewhere."
Chaka Khan
"I think the whole reason for my life is in there somewhere."
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