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"My whole life was foretold to me. An old Romany gypsy read my fortune."

"My whole life was foretold to me. An old Romany gypsy read my fortune."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

Life, Fortune, Old

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"What would I have done if I'd been put to the test? Would I have risked my own life for people I hardly knew? Probably, I would have looked the other way at best or become another apologist for evil at worst."

"What would I have done if I'd been put to the test? Would I have risked my own life for people I hardly knew? Probably, I would have looked the other way at best or become another apologist for evil at worst."

Lionel Blue, British Clergyman

Life, People, Evil

35

"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

35

"Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?"

"Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?"

James M. Barrie, British Playwright

35

"A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men."

"A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men."

Jessica Savitch, American Journalist

Life, Men, Women, Fact

35

"How can a bird that is born for joySit in a cage and sing?"

"How can a bird that is born for joySit in a cage and sing?"

William Blake, English Poet

Life, Joy, Freedom, Expression, Metaphor

35

"Each person must live their life as a model for others."

"Each person must live their life as a model for others."

Rosa Parks, American Activist

35

"One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to fix our emotions on events at the moment they occur, it permits a union of heart and mind and tongue and tear."

"One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to fix our emotions on events at the moment they occur, it permits a union of heart and mind and tongue and tear."

Marilyn French, American Author

Life, Art, Heart, Emotions

35

"No one is satisfied with their life's work."

"No one is satisfied with their life's work."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

35

"Custom is the great guide to human life."

"Custom is the great guide to human life."

David Hume, Scottish Philosopher

35

"It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially."

"It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially."

Lauren Bacall, American Actress

35

"I know in my life there's stuff that will come back because I haven't dealt with it, and it's the same with everybody."

"I know in my life there's stuff that will come back because I haven't dealt with it, and it's the same with everybody."

Daniel Craig, English Actor

35

"It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us."

"It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Life, Genius, Privilege, Rest

35

"We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but the bringing of these feet together."

"We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but the bringing of these feet together."

John Pearson, British Theologian

Life, Feet, Grave, Nothing

35

"If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you."

"If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you."

Louis D. Brandeis, American Judge

35

"A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn."

"A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn."

Madame de Stael, French Writer

Life, Religious, Struggle

35

"The afternoon our story begins, the quiet parts of being alive were the busiest: wind unlocking Windows; rainlight nudging curtains apart; fresh-cut grass tickling unsocked feet. Days like this made Alice want to set off on a great adventure."

"The afternoon our story begins, the quiet parts of being alive were the busiest: wind unlocking Windows; rainlight nudging curtains apart; fresh-cut grass tickling unsocked feet. Days like this made Alice want to set off on a great adventure."

Tahereh Mafi, Iranian Author

Life, Adventure, Observation, Experience

35

"But I didn't even see God in the show as being very spiritual, I see him or her, it, as being something that is just relevant and very important in her life."

"But I didn't even see God in the show as being very spiritual, I see him or her, it, as being something that is just relevant and very important in her life."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Life, God, Being, Spiritual

35

"If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals."

"If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals."

Lou Holtz, American Coach

Life, Goals, Desire

35

"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon."

"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon."

Doug Larson, American Cartoonist

35

"As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper."

"As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper."

Goldwin Smith, Canadian Historian

Life, Poetry, Thought, London

35

"Use plants to bring life."

"Use plants to bring life."

Douglas Wilson, American Entertainer

35

"I have the greatest husband. The baby is my main focus right now. We're both so excited. I mean, this is definitely the happiest moment in my life."

"I have the greatest husband. The baby is my main focus right now. We're both so excited. I mean, this is definitely the happiest moment in my life."

Ashlee Simpson, American Musician

Life, HusbBaby, Focus, Now

35

"Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life."

"Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life."

John Howard, Australian Statesman

35

"There may be some difficulties during a period of adjustment. Specifically, picking up their life again and making their own truly independent decisions."

"There may be some difficulties during a period of adjustment. Specifically, picking up their life again and making their own truly independent decisions."

Rick Ross, American Celebrity

Life, Decisions, Difficulties, May

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"The circle of the return to birth can only remain open, but this is a chance, a sign of life, and a wound."

"The circle of the return to birth can only remain open, but this is a chance, a sign of life, and a wound."

Jacques Derrida, French Philosopher

Life, Chance, Open

35

"You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right it's the best thing in the world. When you're in a relationship and its good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete."

"You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right it's the best thing in the world. When you're in a relationship and its good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete."

Keith Sweat, American Musician

Life, Love, Nothing, Right

35

"Women are extremely important shapers of my own life."

"Women are extremely important shapers of my own life."

Tony Hillerman, American Author

35

"To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing."

"To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing."

Mikhail Baryshnikov, American Dancer

Life, Dancing, Thinking, Want

35

"In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you."

"In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you."

Anita Brookner, English Historian

35

"There's really nothing else I'm going to do with my life. I'd be useless if I weren't singing or acting."

"There's really nothing else I'm going to do with my life. I'd be useless if I weren't singing or acting."

Taryn Manning, American Actress

Life, Acting, Nothing, Singing

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"The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous."

"The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous."

Brooke Shields, American Actress

35

"I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part."

"I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part."

O. J. Simpson, American Athlete

Life, Famous, Fight

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"There are far more important things in life than making a putt or missing a putt or winning a championship or losing a championship."

"There are far more important things in life than making a putt or missing a putt or winning a championship or losing a championship."

Bernhard Langer, German Athlete

Life, Winning, Losing

35

"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."

"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, American Actor

Life, Women, Fact

35

"Yet the evil still increased, and, like the parasite of barnacles on a ship, if it did not destroy the structure, it obstructed its fair, comfortable progress in the path of life."

"Yet the evil still increased, and, like the parasite of barnacles on a ship, if it did not destroy the structure, it obstructed its fair, comfortable progress in the path of life."

William Banting, English Celebrity

Life, Progress, Evil

35

"I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that will lead to permanent benefits?"

"I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that will lead to permanent benefits?"

John Templeton, American Businessman

Life, Time, Thought, Benefits

35

"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."

"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, American Novelist

Life, Loss, Time, Separation, Experience

35

"Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child."

"Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American Writer

35

"It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power so that a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and no one can stop him."

"It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power so that a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and no one can stop him."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Life, Happiness, Choice, Freedom, Perspective

35

"It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls."

"It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls."

Bruce Barton, American Author

35

"No not really, it is just like real life. Not everyday you are happy and not everyday you are sad."

"No not really, it is just like real life. Not everyday you are happy and not everyday you are sad."

Dakota Fanning, American Actress

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"As we celebrate the evolution of the life of one so special, we embrace the meaning of life, itself."

"As we celebrate the evolution of the life of one so special, we embrace the meaning of life, itself."

Eleesha, British Author

Life, Celebration, Meaning, Honor

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"To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses."

"To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses."

Wavy Gravy, American Activist

Life, People, Day, Focus

35

"There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life."

"There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

Life, Power, Earth, Influence

35

"My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director."

"My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

Life, Father, Public

35

"Life is short, so enjoy it to the fullest."

"Life is short, so enjoy it to the fullest."

John Walters, British Musician

35

"I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's where I commented someplace on hearing."

"I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's where I commented someplace on hearing."

John C. Hawkes, American Novelist

Life, Hearing, School

35

"The new fashion is to talk about the most private parts of your life; other fashion is to repent of your excesses and to criticize the drugs that made you happy in the other times."

"The new fashion is to talk about the most private parts of your life; other fashion is to repent of your excesses and to criticize the drugs that made you happy in the other times."

Mick Jagger, English Musician

Life, Drugs, Fashion, Talk

35

"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."

"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, American Actor

Life, People, Heart, Lilies

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