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"Life is to blame for everything."

"Life is to blame for everything."

Robert Musil, Austrian Writer

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"You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life."

"You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life."

Ethan Embry, American Actor

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"All my life I wanted to be a bank robber. Carry a gun and wear a mask. Now that it's happened I guess I'm just about the best bank robber they ever had. And I sure am happy."

"All my life I wanted to be a bank robber. Carry a gun and wear a mask. Now that it's happened I guess I'm just about the best bank robber they ever had. And I sure am happy."

John Dillinger, American Criminal

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"You can put anything into words, except your own life."

"You can put anything into words, except your own life."

Max Frisch, Swiss Novelist

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"Three things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity. Ali, the Lion of Islam."

"Three things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity. Ali, the Lion of Islam."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Life, Regret, Opportunity, Word, Action

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"I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowing, saving the energy, consuming the energy, knowing when to go for it and having the available reserves to be able to do that. You have to think about that, because it's endurance."

"I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowing, saving the energy, consuming the energy, knowing when to go for it and having the available reserves to be able to do that. You have to think about that, because it's endurance."

Tom Cruise, American Actor

Life, Endurance, Energy

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"Actors who are lovers in real life are often incapable if playing the part of lovers to an audience. It is equally true that sympathy between actors who are not lovers may create a temporary emotion that is perfectly sincere."

"Actors who are lovers in real life are often incapable if playing the part of lovers to an audience. It is equally true that sympathy between actors who are not lovers may create a temporary emotion that is perfectly sincere."

Ivor Novello, Welsh Musician

Life, Sympathy, Actors, Emotion

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"People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life."

"People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

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"The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk."

"The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk."

Dustin Hoffman, American Actor

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"Everything in life... has to have balance."

"Everything in life... has to have balance."

Donna Karan, American Designer

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"The less routine the more life."

"The less routine the more life."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

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"The society based on production is only productive, not creative."

"The society based on production is only productive, not creative."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Life, Society, Production

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"We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best."

"We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Life, Thought, Feelings, Time

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"Defeat is a thing of weariness of incoherence of boredom."

"Defeat is a thing of weariness of incoherence of boredom."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Life, Defeat, Exhaustion, Weariness, Reflection

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"Life is too large to hang out a sign: "For Men Only.""

"Life is too large to hang out a sign: "For Men Only.""

Barbara Jordan, American Lawyer

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"I suppose [my life] has most resembled a blue chip stock: fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time. A good buy, a lucky buy, and I've learned that not everyone can say that about his life."

"I suppose [my life] has most resembled a blue chip stock: fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time. A good buy, a lucky buy, and I've learned that not everyone can say that about his life."

Nicholas Sparks, American Author

Life, Stability, Gratitude, Luck

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"I never was ruined but twice - once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I gained one."

"I never was ruined but twice - once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I gained one."

Voltaire, French Writer

Life, Ruin, Loss, Irony

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"Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts."

"Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts."

Roger Staubach, American Athlete

Life, Success, Work, Effort

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"We are bodies, sometimes with dreams and always with desires."

"We are bodies, sometimes with dreams and always with desires."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

Life, Desire, Humanity, Body, Dream

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"I have my ethics and morals. I have my anchor point of what is right and wrong in real life, but I'm not afraid to entertain any and every aspect of personality in relationship to creating a character."

"I have my ethics and morals. I have my anchor point of what is right and wrong in real life, but I'm not afraid to entertain any and every aspect of personality in relationship to creating a character."

Corin Nemec, American Actor

Life, Character, Ethics, Morals

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"I have done without electricity, and tend the fireplace and stove myself. Evenings, I light the old lamps. There is no running water, and I pump the water from the well. I chop the wood and cook the food. These simple acts make man simple; and how difficult it is to be simple!"

"I have done without electricity, and tend the fireplace and stove myself. Evenings, I light the old lamps. There is no running water, and I pump the water from the well. I chop the wood and cook the food. These simple acts make man simple; and how difficult it is to be simple!"

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

Life, Simplicity, Observation, Experience

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"There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory."

"There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Life, Consciousness, Man, Memory

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"We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works."

"We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

Life, Money, People

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"And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private."

"And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private."

Kevin Spacey, American Actor

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"I don't live that life anymore, it's as simple as that."

"I don't live that life anymore, it's as simple as that."

Lawrence Taylor, American Athlete

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"I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about."

"I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about."

Martin Short, American Actor

Life, Party, Stress

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"I'm really, really enjoying myself, I seem to have a lot of purpose in my life. I'm enjoying what I'm doing, you know, and people are liking it. So, it's great, you know."

"I'm really, really enjoying myself, I seem to have a lot of purpose in my life. I'm enjoying what I'm doing, you know, and people are liking it. So, it's great, you know."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

Life, People, Purpose

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"It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes."

"It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes."

Anne Baxter, American Actress

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"You can think of your life as being a little like knitting. When you first begin, there is no shape to it, but you keep knitting with some goal in mind-to make a sweater, a sock, or whatever. Every stitch is like a thought that you add to the overall shape of your life. Eventually, thoughts lead to action and the form will emerge, if you can only keep your intent in mind. If you have no clear vision, however, you will end up with a random pile of knotted yarn."

"You can think of your life as being a little like knitting. When you first begin, there is no shape to it, but you keep knitting with some goal in mind-to make a sweater, a sock, or whatever. Every stitch is like a thought that you add to the overall shape of your life. Eventually, thoughts lead to action and the form will emerge, if you can only keep your intent in mind. If you have no clear vision, however, you will end up with a random pile of knotted yarn."

Ilchi Lee, South Korean Author

Life, Goal, Thought, Action

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"Now I see that if one doesn't know how to die, one can hardly know how to live - because deathis a part of life."

"Now I see that if one doesn't know how to die, one can hardly know how to live - because deathis a part of life."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Life, Death, Meaning, Mortality

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"A seed cannot grow in stone. It requires fertile soil & water. Compassion is the soil where life grows."

"A seed cannot grow in stone. It requires fertile soil & water. Compassion is the soil where life grows."

Amit Ray, Indian Author

Life, Growth, Compassion, Nurture

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"Life is not only merriment,It is desire and determination."

"Life is not only merriment,It is desire and determination."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Life, Merriment, Desire, Determination

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"The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans."

"The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

Life, Quality, Existence, Wilderness

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"Ah, youth!It was a beautiful night...The moon was out of orbit.The stars were awry.But everything else was exactlyas it should have been."

"Ah, youth!It was a beautiful night...The moon was out of orbit.The stars were awry.But everything else was exactlyas it should have been."

Roman Payne, American Novelist

Life, Youth, Night, Moon, Stars

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"There's no such thing as 'facts of life'. Only standing theories that haven't been disproved as of yet."

"There's no such thing as 'facts of life'. Only standing theories that haven't been disproved as of yet."

Simon Travaglia, Australian Author

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"I never can understand how anyone can not smoke it deprives a man of the best part of life. With a good cigar in his mouth a man is perfectly safe, nothing can touch him, literally."

"I never can understand how anyone can not smoke it deprives a man of the best part of life. With a good cigar in his mouth a man is perfectly safe, nothing can touch him, literally."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

Life, Man, Nothing

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"If it all just happens like this for the rest of my life, it's going to be one endless Groundhog Day. I determined that I was not prepared to submit to this regime, so I thought I had to do something about it."

"If it all just happens like this for the rest of my life, it's going to be one endless Groundhog Day. I determined that I was not prepared to submit to this regime, so I thought I had to do something about it."

Bruce Dickinson, English Musician

Life, Thought, Day, Rest

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"Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared."

"Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Life, Nothing, Prayer, Result

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"I live a very quiet life, although I'm very urban and a diehard New Yorker."

"I live a very quiet life, although I'm very urban and a diehard New Yorker."

Armand Assante, American Actor

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"I don't believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun."

"I don't believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Life, Aging, Change, Youth, Self

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"The most important thing in my life is my work."

"The most important thing in my life is my work."

Rod Taylor, Australian Actor

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"Happiness is not the end of life character is."

"Happiness is not the end of life character is."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Life, Happiness, End, Character

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"Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes."

"Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

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"I believe life takes us where we need to be."

"I believe life takes us where we need to be."

Sasha Alexander, American Actress

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"After all, we are not children. It's time we planned our life."

"After all, we are not children. It's time we planned our life."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

Life, Time, Children

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"The fact is very few men live harmoniously, while most of us survive miraculously!"

"The fact is very few men live harmoniously, while most of us survive miraculously!"

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

Life, Harmony, Survival, Truth

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"People lose people, we lose things in our life as we're constantly growing and changing. That's what life is is change, and a lot of that is loss. It's what you gain from that loss that makes life."

"People lose people, we lose things in our life as we're constantly growing and changing. That's what life is is change, and a lot of that is loss. It's what you gain from that loss that makes life."

Thomas Jane, American Actor

Life, Change, People, Gain

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"I look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external causes to one's own issues is something that is particularly modern. I know that personally I find that sense of responsibility interesting."

"I look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external causes to one's own issues is something that is particularly modern. I know that personally I find that sense of responsibility interesting."

Edward Zwick, American Director

Life, People, Blame, Causes

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"It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth."

"It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

Life, Truth, Decisions

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"Life deals you a lot lessons, some people learn from it, some people don't."

"Life deals you a lot lessons, some people learn from it, some people don't."

Brett Favre, American Athlete

Life, People, Deals

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