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"The fate of the world depends on the triumph of the good people!"
Mehmet Murat ildan
"The fate of the world depends on the triumph of the good people!"
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"I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God."
Igor Stravinsky
"I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God."
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"But if it be a sin to covet honour,I am the most offending soul alive."
William Shakespeare
"But if it be a sin to covet honour,I am the most offending soul alive."
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"I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life."
Alain Robert
"I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life."
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"Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?"
Alfred de Vigny
"Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?"
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"Probably in your mind your shit is wise, but so far what I hear for me doesn't sound as a wise."
Deyth Banger
"Probably in your mind your shit is wise, but so far what I hear for me doesn't sound as a wise."
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"Life is warfare."
Seneca
"Life is warfare."
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"Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life."
Richard Bach
"Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life."
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"In life, there are no perfect affections."
James Merrill
"In life, there are no perfect affections."
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"I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life."
James Ellroy
"I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life."
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"I've studied various schools of thought... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times."
Cat Stevens
"I've studied various schools of thought... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times."
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"Life's a hobby."
Joshua Lederberg
"Life's a hobby."
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"Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember."
Louise Brown
"Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember."
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"I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life."
Drew Barrymore
"I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life."
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"To have character is to be big enough to take life on."
Mary Richards
"To have character is to be big enough to take life on."
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"But I was ready for it and I knew I could do it. I've just turned 40, I have a son and I feel more settled and driven than ever. I think my 40s will be my most prolific time. It's a very rare life you get to lead as a sitcom guy."
Eric McCormack
"But I was ready for it and I knew I could do it. I've just turned 40, I have a son and I feel more settled and driven than ever. I think my 40s will be my most prolific time. It's a very rare life you get to lead as a sitcom guy."
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"I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision."
Alan Rickman
"I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision."
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"The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal."
Herbert Croly
"The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal."
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"Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch."
J. B. Priestley
"Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch."
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"Growth is the only evidence of life."
John Henry Newman
"Growth is the only evidence of life."
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"Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with that ceremonial grace which is impossible without some affectionate loyalty to traditional form and ceremonies."
Joseph Wood Krutch
"Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with that ceremonial grace which is impossible without some affectionate loyalty to traditional form and ceremonies."
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"Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution."
Anthony J. D'Angelo
"Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution."
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"Half my life is an act of revision."
John Irving
"Half my life is an act of revision."
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"The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against opposition."
Gustav Stresemann
"The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against opposition."
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"But everything you do in life has a downside."
Melissa Auf der Maur
"But everything you do in life has a downside."
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"The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion; things to make life easier for men, in fact."
Julie Burchill
"The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion; things to make life easier for men, in fact."
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"It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected."
John Bradshaw
"It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected."
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"I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not."
Tommy Shaw
"I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not."
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"It sounds like something on a very trite T-shirt, but life is what happens."
Nigella Lawson
"It sounds like something on a very trite T-shirt, but life is what happens."
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"I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people."
Mikhail Baryshnikov
"I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people."
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"God, life changes faster than you think."
Amy Tan
"God, life changes faster than you think."
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"Life has no beginning, middle or end."
Marguerite Young
"Life has no beginning, middle or end."
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"Life is all about having a good time."
Miley Cyrus
"Life is all about having a good time."
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"I really went back through a lot of the dark corridors of my life in this. I wanted people to know who I am based on my music, not on what they read in the tabloids."
Lisa Marie Presley
"I really went back through a lot of the dark corridors of my life in this. I wanted people to know who I am based on my music, not on what they read in the tabloids."
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"My part had three lines. I said, 'You look wonderful, sir,' three times. All my friends said, 'Do not take that role - and do not understudy. You'll regret it the rest of your life.' I did both of those things, and I've never regretted it once."
Jeffrey Tambor
"My part had three lines. I said, 'You look wonderful, sir,' three times. All my friends said, 'Do not take that role - and do not understudy. You'll regret it the rest of your life.' I did both of those things, and I've never regretted it once."
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"Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life."
Carl Andre
"Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life."
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"I am really driven, but my drive doesn't effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities."
Zach Braff
"I am really driven, but my drive doesn't effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities."
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"One of the greatest joys in my life was giving a lecture in French at the College de France."
James Cronin
"One of the greatest joys in my life was giving a lecture in French at the College de France."
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"It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in intensity with the individual's temperament and environment."
Bill Brandt
"It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in intensity with the individual's temperament and environment."
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"Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory."
Tennessee Williams
"Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory."
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"I've had the most wonderful life."
Michael Moriarty
"I've had the most wonderful life."
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"Life itself is the proper binge."
Julia Child
"Life itself is the proper binge."
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"I am still against any kind of censorship. It's a subject in my life that has been very important."
Bernardo Bertolucci
"I am still against any kind of censorship. It's a subject in my life that has been very important."
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"After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better."
Jaclyn Smith
"After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better."
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"My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know."
Dakota Fanning
"My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know."
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"Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love."
Ignatius Loyola
"Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love."
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"I'd wanted to be an actress my whole life, that was my goal, that was all I cared about."
Kristin Davis
"I'd wanted to be an actress my whole life, that was my goal, that was all I cared about."
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"In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed."
Sid Caesar
"In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed."
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"Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?"
Sydney J. Harris
"Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?"
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"We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life."
Ella Maillart
"We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life."
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