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Quotes by Author
"You shouldn't allow people who hurt you to occupy a fraction of your heart. Forgive and move on, especially in this season of thanksgiving."
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"It had been a good day, all things considered. I had managed rather well on my own. I opened Grandfather's Bible. This is what it would be like when I had my own shop, or when I traveled abroad. I would always read before sleeping. One day, I'd be so rich I would have a library full of novel to choose from. But I would always end the evening with a Bible passage."
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"Without emotion, what's the point of being human?"
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"Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed."
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"The vehicle depends upon its fuel to operate effectively."
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"Another form of bargaining, which many people do, and she did too, is to replay the final painful moments over and over in her head as if by doing so she could eventually create a different outcome.It is natural to replay in your mind the details. Deep in your heart you know what is true. Your mouth speaks the words, "My cat has died, but you still don't really want to believe it. You go over and over and over it in your mind. Your heart replays the scene for you for the express purpose of teaching you to accept what has happened. While your heart tries to "rewire your mind to accept it, your mind keeps looking for a different answer. It doesn't like the truth. Like anything else, when you hear it enough, you finally accept that it is true."
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"Investing in a startup does not make you an entrepreneur any more than buying a grand piano makes you a concert pianist."
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"Writing had never become routine for him, but remained a constant surprise. He was always surprised at how much fun it was, once it all got moving. And never failed to be surprised at how bloody hard it was. It was like having an intense, frustrating love affair with a capricious, gorgeous, and often mean-spirited woman.He loved every moment of it."
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"Many of the most profound discoveries were reported to have come through intuition rather than sequential analysis processed by linguistic understanding."
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"Leverage on your self-worth and convert it into net worth."
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"The nature of God's plan can be difficult to fathom when you are toiling in some small corner of it, but it is glorious from above, if you allow yourself the perspective."
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"Men strive for peace but it is their enemies that give them strength and I think if man no longer had enemies he would have to invent them for his strength only grows from struggle."
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"You can't patch cracks on a glass house."
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"Playing is a game. Love is an act. Don't pretend to love someone when all you plan to do is play. Love is not a game. It is a lifetime commitment."
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"Nothing in your world is going to change unless you change. Because even if something changes you won't recognize it. You will still perceive it with an unchanged and out-dated vision."
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"At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey."
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"The greatest crime in human history was not the creation of the armaments of warfare and destruction of life, but the invention of hand mirror, which enticed humankind to peer at their surface appearance instead of seeking spiritual salvation. Prior to the invention of the mirror, people saw themselves through other people's eyes or by looking deep within themselves."
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"At a certain level of learning and understanding,right or wrong ain't the issue, but different interest."
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"Let me tell you one thing about why writers write: had I known the answer to any of these questions I would never have needed to write a novel."
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"It is the goldsmith who can assay the gold."
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"Before Mags became a household name across Scotland, it was during the mid Nineties when she became an avid anti-paedophile campaigner against paedophiles on the Raploch Estate, attracting media attention, even appearing on Robert Kilroy-Silk's morning TV show. At the height of her anti-paedophilic crusade, she led a howling mob of protesters to a hostel near her home where a known paedophile was staying."
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"I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe."
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"Once time is lost it can never be regained."
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"I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated."
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"The practice of mindfulness is nothing more than focusing on the current moment."
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"Every time you come to the limit of what is demanded of you, you are faced with the same problem-to be yourself!"
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"It takes a huge amount of culture to normalize "crazy", and of course that's its main focus."
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"Don't die on me," she whispered when the clock struck midnight and he still had not moved. "It's only a little shoulder wound. Goddess, George-don't die on me."His eyes flickered open and he smiled. "I didn't know you cared," he whispered. "And why insult me? I won't die for a wee nick like this; I've had worse in my day."Alanna wiped her wet cheeks. "Of course I care, you unprincipled pickpocket!" she whispered. "Of course I care."
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"I stopped writing in the obvious. I wrote how I saw it and if they don't understand it, that's fine."
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"Money can be the reward for efforts, but it should not be the reason for them. You must have something bigger than that."
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"And then ESPN fired me. I did not think that was a fitting punishment."
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"Happiness is hanging with friends who know you way more than you'd care to share."
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