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"I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both."

"I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both."

Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author

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"Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again."

"Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation."

"To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Morality, Sin, Law, Man, Gravity

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"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success."

"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Strength, Success, Goal

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"Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch."

"Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Music, Heal, Wounds, Medicine

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"Change Management can become more successful with people at the core of change, the cause of change and the purpose of change."

"Change Management can become more successful with people at the core of change, the cause of change and the purpose of change."

Pearl Zhu, American Author

Management, Change, People, Cause

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"As a child, I was afraid of the dark and the monsters on the outside.As a man, I run away from the light, afraid to show the monsters within."

"As a child, I was afraid of the dark and the monsters on the outside.As a man, I run away from the light, afraid to show the monsters within."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Psychology, Fear, Darkness, Light, Escape

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"A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time."

"A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time."

Annie Dillard, American Author

Time, Chaos, Labor, Whim

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"All our works must pass through fire. Some of them will be burnt out and those that are left will be our good and useful works for the Kingdom of God."

"All our works must pass through fire. Some of them will be burnt out and those that are left will be our good and useful works for the Kingdom of God."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Testing, Works, Fire, Kingdom

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"Knowledge is a wealth that cannot be stolen it will grow when you try to give it away."

"Knowledge is a wealth that cannot be stolen it will grow when you try to give it away."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Knowledge, Wealth, Giving

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"If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is."

"If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Perseverance, Endurance, Determination, Isolation, Struggle

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"Modify the environmental radiation and you will change the course of evolution."

"Modify the environmental radiation and you will change the course of evolution."

Steven Magee, British Author

Environment, Change, Evolution, Science

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"A grayeyard is not a democracy, and yet death is the great democracy.."

"A grayeyard is not a democracy, and yet death is the great democracy.."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Death, Equality, Democracy, Life

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"The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom."

"The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom."

Tom Robbins, American Author

Mythology, Freedom, Change, Spirit, Chaos

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"Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases."

"Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases."

Norman Ralph Augustine, American Author

Law, Nothing, Software

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"I have not betrayed Julia."

"I have not betrayed Julia."

George Orwell, British Author

Honor, Betrayal, Truth, Promise

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"I am not here, I am somewhere else, my body is here but mind is in the sky"

"I am not here, I am somewhere else, my body is here but mind is in the sky"

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Philosophy, Mind, Body, Imagination, Sky

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"You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration."

"You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration."

James Allen, British Author

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"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."

"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."

Henry Miller, American Author

Life, Music, People, Forget

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"I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."

"I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."

Ralph Ellison, American Author

People, Man, Mind

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"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds."

"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds."

Edward Abbey, American Author

Adventure, Clouds, Leading, May, Mountains

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"When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide."

"When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide."

Victor Hugo, French Author

God, Destruction, Suicide, World

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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

Mark Twain, American Author

Wisdom, Time, Majority

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"You know, the Lord said to Adam: 'Come forth, come forth,' and he came fifth and won the fucking apple, do you know what I mean. If you can walk away, walk away but it's hard to do."

"You know, the Lord said to Adam: 'Come forth, come forth,' and he came fifth and won the fucking apple, do you know what I mean. If you can walk away, walk away but it's hard to do."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Humor, Faith, Parable, Meaning

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"Clearly, the Chinese need the resources, but I don't think they want to clash with the industrial world which happens to be the market for their goods."

"Clearly, the Chinese need the resources, but I don't think they want to clash with the industrial world which happens to be the market for their goods."

Daniel Yergin, American Author

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"May the Lord give us a new spirit and new heart."

"May the Lord give us a new spirit and new heart."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Religious, Lord, Spirit, Heart, New

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"Sometimes we are so caught up in the disappointment of plans gone astray that we fail to recognize the potentially new options that might now exist."

"Sometimes we are so caught up in the disappointment of plans gone astray that we fail to recognize the potentially new options that might now exist."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Flexibility, Regret, Opportunity, Truth, Future

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"All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself."

"All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself."

Penelope Lively, English Author

Reading, Importance, Names, Old

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"Science is a way of talking about the universe in words that bind it to a common reality.Magic is a method of talking to the universe in words that it cannot ignore.The two are rarely compatible."

"Science is a way of talking about the universe in words that bind it to a common reality.Magic is a method of talking to the universe in words that it cannot ignore.The two are rarely compatible."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Science, Magic, Universe, Reality

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"If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise."

"If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise."

Robert Fritz, American Author

Choice, Choices, Compromise, Want

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"April is a promise that May is bound to keep."

"April is a promise that May is bound to keep."

Hal Borland, American Author

Promise, April, May

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"I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home."

"I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home."

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

Home, Love, Rest

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"Are there things in your life that could use a face lift? What neglected treasures could be given new life by restoring them to their former glory? When you renovate and restore, you show respect for what was and bring it back to a state of beauty, usefulness, value, or vigor."

"Are there things in your life that could use a face lift? What neglected treasures could be given new life by restoring them to their former glory? When you renovate and restore, you show respect for what was and bring it back to a state of beauty, usefulness, value, or vigor."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Renewal, Restoration, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"I was a great dreamer of day dreams."

"I was a great dreamer of day dreams."

Abraham Cahan, Lithuanian Author

Imagination, Dreams, Day

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"The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order the continuous thread of revelation."

"The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order the continuous thread of revelation."

Eudora Welty, American Author

Time, Events, Order

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"I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. I was the lion who gave the horses the new strength of fear for the last mill so that you should reach King Lune in time. And I was the lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came to shore where a man sat, wakeful at midnight, to receive you."

"I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. I was the lion who gave the horses the new strength of fear for the last mill so that you should reach King Lune in time. And I was the lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came to shore where a man sat, wakeful at midnight, to receive you."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Support, Protection, Help, Gratitude, Memory

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"We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why."

"We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why."

Stephen King, American Author

Legacy, Influence, Truth, Time, Effect

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"The humans live in time but our Enemy destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to eternity itself, and to that point of time which they call the Present. For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity. Of the present moment, and of it only, humans have an experience analogous to the experience which our Enemy has of reality of whole; in it alone freedom and actuality are offered to them."

"The humans live in time but our Enemy destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to eternity itself, and to that point of time which they call the Present. For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity. Of the present moment, and of it only, humans have an experience analogous to the experience which our Enemy has of reality of whole; in it alone freedom and actuality are offered to them."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Spiritual, Eternity, Time, Experience

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"The mind is deeper than the horizon, bigger than the universe, and more mysterious than space."

"The mind is deeper than the horizon, bigger than the universe, and more mysterious than space."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Mind, Depth, Horizon, Universe

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"To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves."

"To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Control, Freedom

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"Christmas is a blanket that warms our cold hearts."

"Christmas is a blanket that warms our cold hearts."

Toni Sorenson, American Author

Holiday, Comfort, Joy, Emotion, Life

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"I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now."

"I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now."

Robert Sheckley, American Author

Creativity, Idea, Now, Wrong

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"It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on to beliefs that don't work."

"It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on to beliefs that don't work."

Jerry Gillies, American Author

Work, Beliefs, Energy, Succeed

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"Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty."

"Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty."

Stephen King, American Author

Friendship, Truth, Lie, Duty, Enemies

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"Your life is your journey. You have to enjoy it because no one can feel or see it for you."

"Your life is your journey. You have to enjoy it because no one can feel or see it for you."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Life, Journey, Enjoyment, Experience

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"I swam underwater for 50 meters at a time and walked the length of the pool underwater, with a brick in each hand, all on a single breath."

"I swam underwater for 50 meters at a time and walked the length of the pool underwater, with a brick in each hand, all on a single breath."

David Goggins, American Author

Fitness, Training, Endurance, Discipline

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"In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the assumption that if I get bored, my readers are going to be even more bored."

"In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the assumption that if I get bored, my readers are going to be even more bored."

Raymond E. Feist, American Author

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"There is only one all pervading God. It has only one message - Love all, encompass all and transcend the limits of the selfish gene."

"There is only one all pervading God. It has only one message - Love all, encompass all and transcend the limits of the selfish gene."

Amit Ray, Indian Author

Spiritual, God, Love, Oneness

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"You are the fairy tale told by your ancestors."

"You are the fairy tale told by your ancestors."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Legacy, Truth, Power, Today, Wisdom

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"Emergency dance party--go away."

"Emergency dance party--go away."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Playfulness, Fun, Freedom, Dance, Escape

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