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"I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them."

"I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them."

Boris Pasternak, Russian Novelist

Life, Beauty, People, Virtue

14

"San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories."

"San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories."

Jack London, American Novelist

Life, Memories, Nothing

14

"He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles."

"He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles."

Kit Williams, British Author

Life, Women, Blindness

14

"The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people."

"The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people."

Alexander Haig, American Public Servant

Life, Quality, People, Will

14

"So, it's cool that, yes, Hal Jordan is a superhero, but my character is a real-world hero in her own life."

"So, it's cool that, yes, Hal Jordan is a superhero, but my character is a real-world hero in her own life."

Blake Lively, American Actress

Life, Character

14

"Of this our true individual life, our present life is a glimpse, a fragment, a hint, and in its best moments a visible beginning."

"Of this our true individual life, our present life is a glimpse, a fragment, a hint, and in its best moments a visible beginning."

Josiah Royce, American Philosopher

Life, Beginning, Moments, Present

14

"I feel like I've started a new chapter in my life, and I need to leave the past behind."

"I feel like I've started a new chapter in my life, and I need to leave the past behind."

Jennifer Capriati, American Athlete

14

"I don't trust what this life has given me."

"I don't trust what this life has given me."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

14

"The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual and marvelous."

"The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual and marvelous."

Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist

Life, Facts, Neglect, Unconscious

14

"As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it."

"As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it."

Martin Van Buren, American President

Life, Office, Presidency, Surrender

14

"Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children."

"Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children."

Shirley Jackson, American Novelist

14

"Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared."

"Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared."

Dennis Prager, American Journalist

Life, Misery, Suffering, Unhappiness, World

14

"I spent my whole life trying to play the games males play."

"I spent my whole life trying to play the games males play."

Elisabeth Shue, American Actress

Life, Games, Play, Trying

14

"The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America."

"The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America."

Anna Quindlen, American Journalist

Life, America, May

14

"The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations."

"The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations."

John Wycliffe, English Theologian

Life, Enemy, Temptations

14

"I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness."

"I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness."

Harold Brodkey, American Author

Life, Contentment, Moments, World

14

"But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity."

"But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity."

Winona Ryder, American Actress

Life, Being, Celebrity

14

"There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life."

"There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life."

Pamela Stephenson, Australian Actress

14

"I guess we guess our way through life. How many times do we really know for sure?"

"I guess we guess our way through life. How many times do we really know for sure?"

Chely Wright, American Musician

14

"The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face."

"The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

14

"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

14

"If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life."

"If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life."

Albert Schweitzer, German Theologian

Life, Man, Will

14

"They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life."

"They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life."

Harold Rosenberg, American Writer

14

"Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than themselves; those we loved were merely happy shadows."

"Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than themselves; those we loved were merely happy shadows."

Georges Duhamel, French Novelist

Life, Day, Now, Shadows

14

"Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales."

"Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales."

Walter Ulbricht, German Politician

Life, Gifts, Heaven

14

"We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me."

"We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me."

Matthew Modine, American Actor

Life, Father, Husband

14

"But man, proud man,Dress'd in a little brief authority,Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd-His glassy essence-like an angry apePlays such fantastic tricks before high heavenAs makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,Would all themselves laugh mortal."

"But man, proud man,Dress'd in a little brief authority,Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd-His glassy essence-like an angry apePlays such fantastic tricks before high heavenAs makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,Would all themselves laugh mortal."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Life, Truth, Wisdom, Power

14

"With two little boys in diapers, I had to keep it simple if I were going to have a life at all."

"With two little boys in diapers, I had to keep it simple if I were going to have a life at all."

Esther Williams, American Actress

14

"Everything starts with yourself, with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend."

"Everything starts with yourself, with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend."

Tony Dorsett, American Athlete

Life, Kids, Mind, Right

14

"None know how often the hand of God is seen in a wilderness but them that rove it for a man's life."

"None know how often the hand of God is seen in a wilderness but them that rove it for a man's life."

Thomas Cole, American Artist

Life, God, Man, Wilderness

14

"When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life."

"When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life."

Jack Henry Abbott, American Author

Life, Experience, Night, Talk

14

"Is it absurd to imagine that our social behavior, from amoeba to man, is also planned and dictated, from stored information, by the cells? And that the time has come for men to be entrusted with the task, through heroic efforts, of bringing life to other worlds?"

"Is it absurd to imagine that our social behavior, from amoeba to man, is also planned and dictated, from stored information, by the cells? And that the time has come for men to be entrusted with the task, through heroic efforts, of bringing life to other worlds?"

Albert Claude, Belgian Scientist

Life, Men, Time, Behavior

14

"That person has to be accountable for himself. I think that's what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone else's life."

"That person has to be accountable for himself. I think that's what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone else's life."

Herschel Walker, American Athlete

Life, Society, Today, Want

14

"If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development."

"If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development."

Brian Tracy, American Author

Life, Career, Self

14

"But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago."

"But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago."

Augusten Burroughs, American Writer

Life, Chicago, Favorite

14

"I have no idea why one of our most original filmmakers would want to spend two years of his life translating someone else's movie from Spanish into English. And it wasn't such a good film in Spanish, either."

"I have no idea why one of our most original filmmakers would want to spend two years of his life translating someone else's movie from Spanish into English. And it wasn't such a good film in Spanish, either."

Joel Siegel, American Critic

Life, Idea, English, Film

14

"They knew that Roosevelt and the Democratic party made a difference on them, on their quality of life issues, and they believed in that. But today it is completely different."

"They knew that Roosevelt and the Democratic party made a difference on them, on their quality of life issues, and they believed in that. But today it is completely different."

Richard M. Daley, American Politician

Life, Quality, Difference, Party

14

"It is a career of make-believe, of masks. We all have masks in life."

"It is a career of make-believe, of masks. We all have masks in life."

Judd Nelson, American Actor

14

"I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me."

"I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me."

Jayne Mansfield, American Actress

14

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."

Albert Schweitzer, German Theologian

Life, Time, People, Being

14

"I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role."

"I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

Life, Opposition, Years

14

"Having spent so much of my life with Shakespeare's world, passions and ideas in my head and in my mouth, he feels like a friend - someone who just went out of the room to get another bottle of wine."

"Having spent so much of my life with Shakespeare's world, passions and ideas in my head and in my mouth, he feels like a friend - someone who just went out of the room to get another bottle of wine."

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

Life, Ideas, Friend, Shakespeare

14

"Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life."

"Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

Life, Living, Theater, Writing

14

"My mother has never been involved in my professional life. I am very close to my mother but we keep it on a mother-daughter basis and not a work-related basis."

"My mother has never been involved in my professional life. I am very close to my mother but we keep it on a mother-daughter basis and not a work-related basis."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

Life, Work, Mother

14

"One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God."

"One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God."

Meister Eckhart, German Philosopher

Life, God, Books

14

"Star Wars hasn't changed my life at all."

"Star Wars hasn't changed my life at all."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

14

"All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'"

"All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'"

Bob Newhart, American Comedian

14

"About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all."

"About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Life, Love, People, Will

14

"I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?"

"I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?"

Goldie Hawn, American Actress

Life, May, Sound

14

"One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood."

"One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Life, Childhood

14

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