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"The frozen ocean... of Boston life."

"The frozen ocean... of Boston life."

Julia Ward Howe, American Activist

Life, Boston, Ocean

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"If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn."

"If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn."

Paul Gascoigne, English Athlete

14

"I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible."

"I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

Life, Depression, Friends, Saying

14

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."

Buddha, Indian Leader

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"I think that's a result of just a general increase in speed of the vibration of life itself."

"I think that's a result of just a general increase in speed of the vibration of life itself."

Neale Donald Walsch, American Author

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"If my life were a song it'd be called 'Here I Am' because here I am - I mean, I'm Thia and I'm here to me me, I'm here to express myself musically which I find is the best way to express myself."

"If my life were a song it'd be called 'Here I Am' because here I am - I mean, I'm Thia and I'm here to me me, I'm here to express myself musically which I find is the best way to express myself."

Thia Megia, American Musician

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"I am a scholar of life. Every night before I go to sleep, I analyze every detail of what I did that day. I evaluate things and people, which helps me avoid mistakes."

"I am a scholar of life. Every night before I go to sleep, I analyze every detail of what I did that day. I evaluate things and people, which helps me avoid mistakes."

Compay Segundo, Cuban Musician

Life, People, Day, Detail

14

"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

14

"I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a free ride and that you do the best you can with the means that you can and try to open yourself to as much knowledge and all that that you can."

"I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a free ride and that you do the best you can with the means that you can and try to open yourself to as much knowledge and all that that you can."

Joe Mantegna, American Actor

Life, Knowledge, Open

14

"Writers seem to me to be people who need to retire from social life and do a lot of thinking about what's happened - almost to calm themselves."

"Writers seem to me to be people who need to retire from social life and do a lot of thinking about what's happened - almost to calm themselves."

Helen Garner, Australian Novelist

Life, People, Thinking, Writers

14

"If I could live a parallel life, I would be a sitcom star; being in front of a live audience would be great."

"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, American Actor

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"I don't think a show's ever changed networks in the middle of the season before, but it was cool because they gave us those extra couple years of life that was necessary to get us to syndication."

"I don't think a show's ever changed networks in the middle of the season before, but it was cool because they gave us those extra couple years of life that was necessary to get us to syndication."

Donal Logue, Canadian Actor

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"We learn the rope of life by untying its knots."

"We learn the rope of life by untying its knots."

Jean Toomer, American Author

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"My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done."

"My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done."

Bernadette Devlin, Irish Politician

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"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."

"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Life, Love, Man, Will

14

"Life is about timing."

"Life is about timing."

Carl Lewis, American Athlete

14

"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

14

"I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then."

"I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

Life, Acting, Months

14

"As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that goes along with premature births and birth defects."

"As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that goes along with premature births and birth defects."

Solomon Ortiz, American Politician

Life, Father, Joy, Pain

14

"To go back and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope - all those people we had to read in college English courses - to read them now is to have one of the infinite pleasures in life."

"To go back and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope - all those people we had to read in college English courses - to read them now is to have one of the infinite pleasures in life."

David McCullough, American Historian

Life, People, College, English

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"Sometimes in life one experiences an emotion which is so strong that it is difficult to think, or to reason."

"Sometimes in life one experiences an emotion which is so strong that it is difficult to think, or to reason."

Eric Cantona, French Athlete

Life, Emotion, Reason

14

"People think, because we're young, we aren't complex, but that's not true. We deal with life and love and broken hearts in the same way a woman a few years older might."

"People think, because we're young, we aren't complex, but that's not true. We deal with life and love and broken hearts in the same way a woman a few years older might."

Rihanna, American Musician

Life, Love, People, Woman

14

"We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life."

"We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life."

Levon Helm, American Musician

Life, Music, Travel, People

14

"Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive."

"Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive."

Walker Percy, American Writer

Life, People, Hatred, World

14

"Life is very important to Americans."

"Life is very important to Americans."

Bob Dole, American Politician

Life, Americans

14

"And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything."

"And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Life, Books, Brooks, Public

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"In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort."

"In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort."

Alvin Ailey, American Dancer

Life, Business, Effort

14

"The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy."

"The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Life, Mistake, People, Living

14

"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

14

"What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player."

"What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player."

John Wooden, American Coach

Life, Basketball

14

"I look back on my life like everybody does but not just career. I mean I look back on my life as a whole, so I don't think that I dwell there or anything and in terms of work I hope that there is a lot in front of me."

"I look back on my life like everybody does but not just career. I mean I look back on my life as a whole, so I don't think that I dwell there or anything and in terms of work I hope that there is a lot in front of me."

Barbara Hershey, American Actress

Life, Work, Hope, Career

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"But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave."

"But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

Life, Age, Grave, Night, Old

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"God continues to work miracles in my life."

"God continues to work miracles in my life."

Willie Aames, American Actor

Life, Work, God, Miracles

14

"There's a sense of spontaneity, and no emphasis on jokes in this show. People generally talk the way they talk in life if you were in this particular situation."

"There's a sense of spontaneity, and no emphasis on jokes in this show. People generally talk the way they talk in life if you were in this particular situation."

Larry David, American Actor

Life, People, Jokes, Sense

14

"A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust."

"A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust."

Robert Casey, American Politician

Life, Abortion, Americans

14

"I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life."

"I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life."

Robert Mapplethorpe, American Photographer

14

"Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain."

"Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Life, Happiness, Pain, Drama

14

"I did, I'd say, at least about 80 percent of the rest of the driving, and I had the time of my life."

"I did, I'd say, at least about 80 percent of the rest of the driving, and I had the time of my life."

David Hasselhoff, American Actor

Life, Time, Driving, Rest

14

"The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life."

"The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life."

Richard Steele, British Dramatist

Life, Affection, Heaven, Hell

14

"It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts."

"It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

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"Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful."

"Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful."

Dale Evans, American Actress

14

"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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"Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young."

"Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young."

A. E. Housman, English Poet

Life, Men, Lie, Land

14

"Life is a game and true love is a trophy."

"Life is a game and true love is a trophy."

Rufus Wainwright, Canadian Musician

14

"I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other."

"I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

14

"Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for."

"Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for."

Earl Warren, American Judge

14

"I ran into Ellen at a photo shoot. She took my breath away. That had never happened to me in my life."

"I ran into Ellen at a photo shoot. She took my breath away. That had never happened to me in my life."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

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"I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life."

"I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life."

Rita Rudner, American Comedian

Life, Love, Being, Rest

14

"UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life."

"UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

14

"Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor."

"Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor."

Sholom Aleichem, Russian Writer

Life, Dream, Comedy, Fool

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