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Quotes by Author
"I'll never buy a cell phone, I'd rather die than have a cell phones. Cell phones are the 21st century's ball and chain."
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"There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If one person doesn't get the bad luck, somebody else will have to get it in their place. There's always the same amount of good and evil, too. We can't eradicate evil, we can only evict it, force it to move across town. And when evil moves, some good always goes with it. But we can never alter the ratio of good to evil. All we can do is keep things stirred up so neither good nor evil solidifies. That's when things get scary. Life is like a stew, you have to stir it frequently, or all the scum rises to the top."
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"Distinguish between getting lost and losing your way. The first is a shift in direction. The second is the absence of perspective. Cultivate perspective and you will be able to steer home."
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"It's not the fact that some people disagree with the protests. That is as much a right as the protests themselves. It is the hateful, profane, condescending way some have expressed their discontent that baffles me. How do you criticize actions you've deemed disrespectful and divisive and an affront to civilized behavior with rhetoric to the same end? That's like the devil judging the Grim Reaper for harvesting souls."
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"Personal Responsibility is an act of being responsible for results and consequences of your decisions, actions and in-actions in a given situation or circumstance."
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"It was a haunting tune, unresigned, a cry of heartache for all in the world that fell apart. As ash rose black against the brilliant sky, Fire's fiddle cried out for the dead, and for the living who stay behind and say goodbye."
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"Knowledge does not come to us by details, but in flashes of light from heaven."
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"The basic question is not how much of our money we should give to God, but how much of God's money we should keep for ourselves."
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"She screamed like an assassin was driving a knife into her stomach.She screamed like a thousand birds were pecking at her flesh.She screamed like the palace was burning down around her."
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"The moon is the reflection of your heart and moonlight is the twinkle of your love."
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"Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots."
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"Invest your time in producing product or service."
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"Stop now and always wonder. Press forward and tap the wonder."
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"You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset."
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"This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was an accursed business, and that the sooner my people were relieved of it, the better."
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"Discouragement is the cancer of great things."
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"I want to be all that I am capable of becoming."
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"The bad part is life continues. The good part is that the pain goes away."
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"Build a brand or a brand will build you."
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"We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love about books--they are thin strands of humanity that tether us to one another for a small bit of time, that make us feel less alone or even more comfortable with our aloneness, if need be."
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"No monument was ever erected in favor of a critic."
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"Faith goes hand in hand with the belief in a supreme purpose that includes everybody, a purpose that is for mankind's ultimate peace, harmony and happiness."
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"Love is being able to view a situation without adding duality to it."
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"This has a lot to do with the unrest in Nigeria, but also with the production loss after the hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the decline in Iraq since the 2003 war, and the decline in Venezuelan output since 2002."
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"Loving money is more of a problem for those who do not have it."
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"If you say something and reject any criticism, then your words truly meant to advise yourself."
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"When a thing becomes indispensable it's time to give it up."
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"If we study the Scriptures, we find the well of salvation."
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"Words define us,' Mom continued, as I struggled to make my clumsy marks look like her elegant script. 'We must protect our knowledge and pass it on whenever we can. If we are ever to become a society again, we must teach others how to remain human."
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"Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind."
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"The degree of necessity determines the development of organs in man, therefore increase your necessity."
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"There are so many mistakes you can learn only by making them yourself. There is no substitute for experience."
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"Smile at people everywhere you go. Don't just give them one of those half-smirk/head nod things. Raise your eyebrows, show those teeth, and chuckle while you smile. Next time you're at the store, give a full-hearted smile to at least three complete strangers. You'll be amazed at what this does for them and for you."
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