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"My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone."
George Foreman
"My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone."
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"Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life."
Vaclav Havel
"Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life."
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"I have four kids; three girls and a boy. The oldest girl is 13, and has her own social life now, so there's a bit of begrudging cooperation there. It's tough."
Gregory Harrison
"I have four kids; three girls and a boy. The oldest girl is 13, and has her own social life now, so there's a bit of begrudging cooperation there. It's tough."
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"In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities."
Karen Duffy
"In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities."
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"If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life."
Abraham Maslow
"If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life."
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"I think in life we want to challenge ourselves."
Charlize Theron
"I think in life we want to challenge ourselves."
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"A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life."
Hugh Sidey
"A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life."
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"Life is not a dress rehearsal."
Rose Tremain
"Life is not a dress rehearsal."
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"Sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men, women do it much more often."
Diana Gabaldon
"Sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men, women do it much more often."
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"The married are those who have taken the terrible risk of intimacy and, having taken it, know life without intimacy to be impossible."
Carolyn Heilbrun
"The married are those who have taken the terrible risk of intimacy and, having taken it, know life without intimacy to be impossible."
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"Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key."
Alan Bennett
"Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key."
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"Don't go through life, grow through life."
Eric Butterworth
"Don't go through life, grow through life."
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"It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph."
Henryk Sienkiewicz
"It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph."
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"There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself."
Aaliyah
"There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself."
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"The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete."
Pierre de Coubertin
"The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete."
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"Stem cell research must be carried out in an ethical manner in a way that respects the sanctity of human life."
John Boehner
"Stem cell research must be carried out in an ethical manner in a way that respects the sanctity of human life."
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"I'm just mystified and fascinated by women, and I'm still single. Hence all of that, and the fact that I celebrate them so much, I understand that I'm unevolved at this exact moment to share my life with one. I wouldn't inflict that upon anyone yet. But, I'm getting closer."
Jeremy Piven
"I'm just mystified and fascinated by women, and I'm still single. Hence all of that, and the fact that I celebrate them so much, I understand that I'm unevolved at this exact moment to share my life with one. I wouldn't inflict that upon anyone yet. But, I'm getting closer."
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"In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong."
John Kenneth Galbraith
"In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong."
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"We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father himself said... there is no room in the priesthood or religious life for someone who has abused a child. I think he's right."
Roger Mahony
"We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father himself said... there is no room in the priesthood or religious life for someone who has abused a child. I think he's right."
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"I have lived most of my life with the conviction that I don't dream, because I never could retrieve a dream."
Theodore Sturgeon
"I have lived most of my life with the conviction that I don't dream, because I never could retrieve a dream."
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"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."
Groucho Marx
"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."
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"How had I lost so much in such a short period of time? It would seem like leaving your family, living in some foreign place, and being separated from the person you love should be events that take years to roll into place, not just a day."
Kiera Cass
"How had I lost so much in such a short period of time? It would seem like leaving your family, living in some foreign place, and being separated from the person you love should be events that take years to roll into place, not just a day."
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"Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe."
John Polkinghorne
"Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe."
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"My children are my whole life."
Kelly LeBrock
"My children are my whole life."
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"Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does."
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"I guess you could say I've been writing all my life."
Anthony Doerr
"I guess you could say I've been writing all my life."
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"My brother never had me to dinner in his life."
Burt Lancaster
"My brother never had me to dinner in his life."
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"An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details."
Roald Dahl
"An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details."
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"There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to refuse any of them. Maybe no good from a PR perspective, but from the point of view of everyday life, it keeps things interesting."
Fred Frith
"There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to refuse any of them. Maybe no good from a PR perspective, but from the point of view of everyday life, it keeps things interesting."
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"I expect that any day now, I will have said all I have to say; I'll have used up all my characters, and then I'll be free to get on with my real life."
Anne Tyler
"I expect that any day now, I will have said all I have to say; I'll have used up all my characters, and then I'll be free to get on with my real life."
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"Just as when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly."
Cecelia Ahern
"Just as when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly."
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"The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations."
Eli Khamarov
"The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations."
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"Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for."
Dag Hammarskjold
"Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for."
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"When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water on your head. But when those parades have gone by and there's a storm in your heart, there are very few people that are going to sit there and listen to you bemoan life."
Sylvester Stallone
"When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water on your head. But when those parades have gone by and there's a storm in your heart, there are very few people that are going to sit there and listen to you bemoan life."
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"Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author."
Arthur Miller
"Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author."
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"Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm."
Jean Paul
"Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm."
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"I'd already made the decision before I'd even read it-just because it was John Sayles. Then when I read it, the themes were actually themes that have been a big part of my life."
Mary Steenburgen
"I'd already made the decision before I'd even read it-just because it was John Sayles. Then when I read it, the themes were actually themes that have been a big part of my life."
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"Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys."
Jennifer L. Armentrout
"Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys."
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"I've had my moments of insanity. But there is a certain responsibility to set proper examples for your children, and that influences your choices in every aspect of your life."
Andy Garcia
"I've had my moments of insanity. But there is a certain responsibility to set proper examples for your children, and that influences your choices in every aspect of your life."
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"The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever."
Anatole France
"The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever."
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"I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never."
Catherine Deneuve
"I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never."
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"Everybody kind of understands, Oh yeah you take drugs and it does something to your brain and then you can't stop. It's easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life."
Aimee Mann
"Everybody kind of understands, Oh yeah you take drugs and it does something to your brain and then you can't stop. It's easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life."
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"A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward."
George Jean Nathan
"A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward."
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"The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle."
Alexis de Tocqueville
"The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle."
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"Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be."
W. H. Auden
"Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be."
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"Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication."
Lord Byron
"Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication."
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"From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide."
Ella Maillart
"From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide."
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"Neither of us mentioned him when we woke on the morning after his death...One is not jealous of the dead, and it seemed easy to me that morning to take up our old life together."
Graham Greene
"Neither of us mentioned him when we woke on the morning after his death...One is not jealous of the dead, and it seemed easy to me that morning to take up our old life together."
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"Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well."
Vivienne Westwood
"Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well."
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"Life should never happen to you, but you should hold the power over life, with what kind of experience you wish to have, without any internal and external pressure."
Roshan Sharma
"Life should never happen to you, but you should hold the power over life, with what kind of experience you wish to have, without any internal and external pressure."
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