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"Next it was found that it was physiologically and structurally the same in the plant, that it was the living part of the plant, that which manifested the life and did the work in vegetable as well as in animal organisms."

"Next it was found that it was physiologically and structurally the same in the plant, that it was the living part of the plant, that which manifested the life and did the work in vegetable as well as in animal organisms."

Asa Gray, American Scientist

Life, Work, Living

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"The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process."

"The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process."

Mary McCarthy, American Author

Life, Labor, State

44

"I've spent my life supporting myself."

"I've spent my life supporting myself."

Ann Beattie, American Writer

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"No matter how I want things to stay the same, no matter how discomforting change can be, I am stuck with the certainty that all molecules vibrate; all things are in constant motion; and change will happen. I can either accept that truth or suffer depression when I do not accept the reality that surrounds me. Change is constant; I am not the same person today as the person who put his head down on the pillow last night. Iron Mask."

"No matter how I want things to stay the same, no matter how discomforting change can be, I am stuck with the certainty that all molecules vibrate; all things are in constant motion; and change will happen. I can either accept that truth or suffer depression when I do not accept the reality that surrounds me. Change is constant; I am not the same person today as the person who put his head down on the pillow last night. Iron Mask."

David W. Earle, American Author

Life, Change, Reality, Acceptance, Truth

44

"I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it."

"I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it."

Isaiah Thomas, American Athlete

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"It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are."

"It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are."

Brenda Blethyn, English Actress

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"I was an only child, and Mother was always right with me all my life. I used to get very angry at her when I was growing up-it's a natural thing."

"I was an only child, and Mother was always right with me all my life. I used to get very angry at her when I was growing up-it's a natural thing."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Life, Mother, Growing up, Right

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"The fullness of life is in the hazards of life."

"The fullness of life is in the hazards of life."

Edith Hamilton, American Writer

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"You have to live each hour as if it's your last and each day as if you were immortal. - Kate Sheffield."

"You have to live each hour as if it's your last and each day as if you were immortal. - Kate Sheffield."

Julia Quinn, American Novelist

Life, Time, Mortality, Urgency

44

"There is good in everything; it's just how you choose to look at it. Everything that's worth it has a price. For me to be a model - I had to leave my family. Do you think I liked that? No! There are sacrifices. Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow."

"There is good in everything; it's just how you choose to look at it. Everything that's worth it has a price. For me to be a model - I had to leave my family. Do you think I liked that? No! There are sacrifices. Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow."

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

Life, Family, Challenge, Worth

44

"The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief."

"The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief."

Michael Crichton, American Author

Life, Faith, Belief, Reason

44

"Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life."

"Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life."

Aleister Crowley, English Critic

Life, Faces, Facts

44

"What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend to shape our perceptions of how war should and should not be conducted? Can it shape our perceptions of who should be conducting war and in what manner? And the answer to that is a clear yes."

"What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend to shape our perceptions of how war should and should not be conducted? Can it shape our perceptions of who should be conducting war and in what manner? And the answer to that is a clear yes."

Julian Assange, Australian Activist

Life, War, Quality, Iraq

44

"I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop."

"I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop."

Ruth St. Denis, American Dancer

Life, Magic, Stars

44

"I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it."

"I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

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"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy."

"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Life, Happiness, Choice, Mindset

44

"Now I'm having the time of my life being on the road with one of the world's all-time great big bands, and performing with symphonies. I wouldn't trade it for anything."

"Now I'm having the time of my life being on the road with one of the world's all-time great big bands, and performing with symphonies. I wouldn't trade it for anything."

Doc Severinsen, American Musician

Life, Time, Being, Now

44

"The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world."

"The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world."

Leni Riefenstahl, German Director

Life, Happiness, Applause, World

44

"Where there is life there is wishful thinking."

"Where there is life there is wishful thinking."

Gerald F. Lieberman, American Writer

44

"The guilt of newborns is immense."

"The guilt of newborns is immense."

Georg Trakl, Austrian Poet

44

"I think there is something for all of us where you find a balance in your life, where you feel that everything you do isn't about your own creature comforts or satisfying your own appetites. Some of it has to be directed outward and there is a huge satisfaction in that."

"I think there is something for all of us where you find a balance in your life, where you feel that everything you do isn't about your own creature comforts or satisfying your own appetites. Some of it has to be directed outward and there is a huge satisfaction in that."

Wendie Malick, American Actress

Life, Balance, Satisfaction

44

"My whole life has been a lie."

"My whole life has been a lie."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

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"At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture."

"At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture."

Martha Beck, American Author

Life, Culture, Lonely

44

"It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard!"

"It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard!"

Derek Jacobi, British Actor

Life, People, Living, Safety

44

"I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being."

"I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being."

Gabriel Byrne, Irish Actor

Life, Thought, People, Being

44

"When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation."

"When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation."

Gerard De Nerval, French Novelist

Life, Soul, Thought, Dream

44

"For me, the backdrop of half the experiences of life includes music."

"For me, the backdrop of half the experiences of life includes music."

Amy Grant, American Musician

44

"The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert cave and rethink my life."

"The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert cave and rethink my life."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Life, Day, Divorce

44

"You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate."

"You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate."

Pope John Paul II, Polish Clergyman

Life, Love, God, Honesty

44

"The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect."

"The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect."

John Nelson Darby, English Clergyman

Life, Correction, Profession, Respect

44

"We need to be adopted by God through Jesus - that was what happened to me, and that's what changed my life so that now, I can see that my career can be part of a calling."

"We need to be adopted by God through Jesus - that was what happened to me, and that's what changed my life so that now, I can see that my career can be part of a calling."

Cliff Richard, English Musician

Life, God, Career, Now

44

"The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination."

"The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination."

Carl Rogers, American Psychologist

Life, Being, Direction, State

44

"Nothing in life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it."

"Nothing in life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it."

Ellen Glasgow, American Novelist

44

"In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be."

"In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

44

"I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy."

"I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Life, Failure, Frustration, Living, Now

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"Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances."

"Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Life, Circumstances, Example

44

"My act is based on my life."

"My act is based on my life."

Kathy Griffin, American Comedian

44

"The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten."

"The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten."

Edith Sitwell, British Poet

44

"The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die."

"The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die."

Juliette Lewis, American Actress

44

"Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must have days of rushing excitement."

"Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must have days of rushing excitement."

Dawn Powell, American Writer

Life, Nature, Contentment, Excitement

44

"I have knots in my years that I can`t undo, and this is one of the worst--the night I did wrong and Mauma got caught."

"I have knots in my years that I can`t undo, and this is one of the worst--the night I did wrong and Mauma got caught."

Sue Monk Kidd, American Writer

Life, Regret, Mistake, Memory, Time

44

"Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life."

"Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life."

Bette Davis, American Actress

44

"We've discovered the secret of life."

"We've discovered the secret of life."

Francis Crick, English Scientist

44

"If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks."

"If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks."

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

Life, Act, Help, Will

44

"One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life."

"One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life."

Jerome K. Jerome, English Author

44

"Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind."

"Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind."

Shania Twain, Canadian Musician

44

"The actor's life is the road. Always has been, always will be. That is his cross and his glory."

"The actor's life is the road. Always has been, always will be. That is his cross and his glory."

Nick Mancuso, Italian Actor

Life, Glory, Road

44

"Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive."

"Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive."

Alexis Carrel, French Scientist

Life, Forbidden, Hatred, Jealousy

44

"Life is not always not always what one wants it to be., but to make the best of it as it is the only way of being happy."

"Life is not always not always what one wants it to be., but to make the best of it as it is the only way of being happy."

Jennie Churchill, American Celebrity

44

"I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and my history, and the material was the perfect answer for that."

"I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and my history, and the material was the perfect answer for that."

Jim Hodges, American Politician

Life, Change, History, Feeling

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