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"The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live."
Nicolas de Chamfort
"The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live."
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"Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us."
Boris Pasternak
"Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us."
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"The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life."
Ralph Ellison
"The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life."
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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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"The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself."
Emmet Fox
"The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself."
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"I've only paid lip service to a spiritual life."
Sting
"I've only paid lip service to a spiritual life."
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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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"I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself."
Larry Niven
"I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself."
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"People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas."
Omar Epps
"People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas."
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"There is no cure for emphysema, but you can start treating it and have a better quality of life."
Loni Anderson
"There is no cure for emphysema, but you can start treating it and have a better quality of life."
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"If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon."
Gary Oldman
"If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon."
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"One of the Life Saving men snapped the camera for us, taking a picture just as the machine had reached the end of the track and had risen to a height of about two feet."
Orville Wright
"One of the Life Saving men snapped the camera for us, taking a picture just as the machine had reached the end of the track and had risen to a height of about two feet."
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"First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of complex living organisms already in existence."
Phillip E. Johnson
"First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of complex living organisms already in existence."
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"There is nothing more important in life than love."
Barbra Streisand
"There is nothing more important in life than love."
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"It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life."
Samantha Bee
"It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life."
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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."
Steve Buyer
"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."
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"Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive."
Mel Brooks
"Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive."
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"I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I only work during the hours they're at school, but there is always the sense of trying to catch up with all their stuff and not only organize my work life but also their school lives."
Patricia Heaton
"I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I only work during the hours they're at school, but there is always the sense of trying to catch up with all their stuff and not only organize my work life but also their school lives."
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"An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match."
Fred Allen
"An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match."
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"I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life."
Kim Cattrall
"I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life."
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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."
Bobby Orr
"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."
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"I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a child's life when parents must be absolutely and completely present."
Dirk Benedict
"I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a child's life when parents must be absolutely and completely present."
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"Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step."
Samuel Smiles
"Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step."
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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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"Sometimes when you make a film you can go away for three months and then come back and live your life. But this struck a much deeper chord. I don't have the ability yet to speak about it in an objective."
Keanu Reeves
"Sometimes when you make a film you can go away for three months and then come back and live your life. But this struck a much deeper chord. I don't have the ability yet to speak about it in an objective."
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"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
"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."
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"Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them."
Patty Duke
"Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them."
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"All my fans tell me what a glamorous life I have, but I tell them how hard I work and how many nights I spend alone with my dogs, eating chicken pot pie in my bedroom."
Shannen Doherty
"All my fans tell me what a glamorous life I have, but I tell them how hard I work and how many nights I spend alone with my dogs, eating chicken pot pie in my bedroom."
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"I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future."
Mike Tyson
"I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future."
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"So don't think in reality I am a singer, I think I am a human being that has sung always all her life, and has learned a little to sing, and has found herself in the middle of a career."
Victoria de los Angeles
"So don't think in reality I am a singer, I think I am a human being that has sung always all her life, and has learned a little to sing, and has found herself in the middle of a career."
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"You can definitely become a victim and let people completely destroy your life."
Tina Yothers
"You can definitely become a victim and let people completely destroy your life."
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"Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead."
William Collins
"Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead."
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"The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began."
Phillip E. Johnson
"The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began."
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"True virtue is life under the direction of reason."
Baruch Spinoza
"True virtue is life under the direction of reason."
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"When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life."
Lalu Prasad Yadav
"When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life."
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"I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed."
Michael Caine
"I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed."
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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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"And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something."
John Frusciante
"And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something."
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"The Magnificent Seven was really kind of a miraculous event that took place in my life."
James Coburn
"The Magnificent Seven was really kind of a miraculous event that took place in my life."
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"I manage to scrape together a private life, despite the press."
Michael Hutchence
"I manage to scrape together a private life, despite the press."
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"I keep living life as it's dealt to me. Sometimes, it's not dealt 100 percent. Sometimes it's dealt on the low '30s."
Bobby Womack
"I keep living life as it's dealt to me. Sometimes, it's not dealt 100 percent. Sometimes it's dealt on the low '30s."
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"I live a very low-key life."
Martin Yan
"I live a very low-key life."
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"I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life."
Amy Sedaris
"I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life."
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"This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay."
Paul Begala
"This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay."
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"In short, we cannot grow, we cannot achieve authentic discovery, and our eyes cannot be cleansed to the truly beautiful possibilities of life, if we simply live a neutral existence."
Armstrong Williams
"In short, we cannot grow, we cannot achieve authentic discovery, and our eyes cannot be cleansed to the truly beautiful possibilities of life, if we simply live a neutral existence."
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"I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else."
Kurt Cobain
"I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else."
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"It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life and it's something that has given me great stability and tools that I use."
Tom Cruise
"It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life and it's something that has given me great stability and tools that I use."
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"I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence."
Jean Rostand
"I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence."
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"The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God."
Charles Bent
"The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God."
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"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
"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."
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