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"Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went."
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Laura Hillenbrand
"Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went."
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"Creativity isn't necessarily a paint-by-numbers process, more as a "connect-the-dots adventure."
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Pearl Zhu
"Creativity isn't necessarily a paint-by-numbers process, more as a "connect-the-dots adventure."
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"I now resolved to go to bed early, with a firm purpose of also rising early the next day to revisit this charming walk; for I thought to myself, I have now seen this temple of the modern world imperfectly; I have seen it only by moonlight."
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Karl Philipp Moritz
"I now resolved to go to bed early, with a firm purpose of also rising early the next day to revisit this charming walk; for I thought to myself, I have now seen this temple of the modern world imperfectly; I have seen it only by moonlight."
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"Internal and external world is interdependent. Your experiences and impressions of the outside world shape your thoughts and imagination, while making the choice and decisions, from your internal thought process, creates your physical reality."
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Roshan Sharma
"Internal and external world is interdependent. Your experiences and impressions of the outside world shape your thoughts and imagination, while making the choice and decisions, from your internal thought process, creates your physical reality."
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"Anything that hinted at corruption always filled him with a wild hope."
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George Orwell
"Anything that hinted at corruption always filled him with a wild hope."
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"American culture has regressed because of contemporary society's glorification of making a good living and spending free time in media activities rather than constantly devoting themselves to a learning and self-improvement. The combination of grooming youngsters to fit into a commercial workplace and Americans willingness to submit themselves to endless hours of watching television shows filled with murders, violence, sex, and replete with advertisements that promote the goods of commercial giants has eroded the American spirit and contributed to lack of an intellectually sophisticated populous."
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Kilroy J. Oldster
"American culture has regressed because of contemporary society's glorification of making a good living and spending free time in media activities rather than constantly devoting themselves to a learning and self-improvement. The combination of grooming youngsters to fit into a commercial workplace and Americans willingness to submit themselves to endless hours of watching television shows filled with murders, violence, sex, and replete with advertisements that promote the goods of commercial giants has eroded the American spirit and contributed to lack of an intellectually sophisticated populous."
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"No. You stop. Stop thinking you're the son your father disowned. You're not who he expected you to be, that doesn't mean you aren't somebody. Nor are you perfect. Stop using every mistake you make as an excuse to fail completely."
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Robin Hobb
"No. You stop. Stop thinking you're the son your father disowned. You're not who he expected you to be, that doesn't mean you aren't somebody. Nor are you perfect. Stop using every mistake you make as an excuse to fail completely."
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"At every given moment in your life, you have the option to move backwards with fears and doubts or to keep pushing forward with faith and courage. But don't forget to consider the positive demands of your inner-self while choosing on which direction to take."
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Edmond Mbiaka
"At every given moment in your life, you have the option to move backwards with fears and doubts or to keep pushing forward with faith and courage. But don't forget to consider the positive demands of your inner-self while choosing on which direction to take."
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"You will never reach your dreams without honoring others along the way."
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John Paul Warren
"You will never reach your dreams without honoring others along the way."
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"There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind."
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J. M. Coetzee
"There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind."
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"If I was your mirror, you would look for me more, than you do me."
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Anthony Liccione
"If I was your mirror, you would look for me more, than you do me."
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"It made me feel better. Mouse might not have been thesmartest creature on earth, but he was steady, kind, loyal, andwas possessed of the uncanny wisdom of beasts for knowingwhom to trust. I might not have been a superhero, but Mousethought that I was pretty darned cool. That meant something. Itwould have to be enough."
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Jim Butcher
"It made me feel better. Mouse might not have been thesmartest creature on earth, but he was steady, kind, loyal, andwas possessed of the uncanny wisdom of beasts for knowingwhom to trust. I might not have been a superhero, but Mousethought that I was pretty darned cool. That meant something. Itwould have to be enough."
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"The only defense against stupid is distance."
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R. A. Delmonico
"The only defense against stupid is distance."
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"I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs."
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Sam Harris
"I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs."
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"Politicians were famous for double-speak and were consummate liars. That's why George W. Bush had to be their favorite president. It's easier to commit a fraud when the actor believes his lie to the point of a conviction."
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Kenneth Eade
"Politicians were famous for double-speak and were consummate liars. That's why George W. Bush had to be their favorite president. It's easier to commit a fraud when the actor believes his lie to the point of a conviction."
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"Installing massive amounts of wireless devices into every city may eventually be proven to be a global weather modification system."
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Steven Magee
"Installing massive amounts of wireless devices into every city may eventually be proven to be a global weather modification system."
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"We may not yet know the right way to go, but we should at least stop going in the wrong direction."
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Stefan Molyneux
"We may not yet know the right way to go, but we should at least stop going in the wrong direction."
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"This world is but a canvas to our imagination."
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Henry David Thoreau
"This world is but a canvas to our imagination."
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"People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons."
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Zig Ziglar
"People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons."
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"I advise people to be careful about taking advice from long term Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) victims. If they have had it for decades and have not cleared it up, then you can discount what they have to say regarding curing the condition. However, they are an excellent resource on the biological harm of electromagnetic fields (EMF), EMF avoidance and low EMF products."
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Steven Magee
"I advise people to be careful about taking advice from long term Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) victims. If they have had it for decades and have not cleared it up, then you can discount what they have to say regarding curing the condition. However, they are an excellent resource on the biological harm of electromagnetic fields (EMF), EMF avoidance and low EMF products."
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"Naw, I say. Mr ____, can tell you, I don't like it at all. What is it to like? He git up on you, heist your nightgown round your waist, plunge in. Most times I pretend I ain't there. He never know the difference. Never ast me how I feel, nothing. Just do his business, get off, go to sleep.She start to laugh. Do his business, she say. Do his business. Why, Miss Celie. You make it sound like he going to the toilet on you.That's what it feel like, I say.She stop laughing."
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Alice Walker
"Naw, I say. Mr ____, can tell you, I don't like it at all. What is it to like? He git up on you, heist your nightgown round your waist, plunge in. Most times I pretend I ain't there. He never know the difference. Never ast me how I feel, nothing. Just do his business, get off, go to sleep.She start to laugh. Do his business, she say. Do his business. Why, Miss Celie. You make it sound like he going to the toilet on you.That's what it feel like, I say.She stop laughing."
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"The hero, the waker of his own soul, is himself but the convenient means of his own dissolution."
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Joseph Campbell
"The hero, the waker of his own soul, is himself but the convenient means of his own dissolution."
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"I can't protect you from knowledge."
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Patricia Briggs
"I can't protect you from knowledge."
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"Not every relationship is meant to last. Some are there to create an impact on your life. Relationships that last three months are just as important as ones that last a lifetime."
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Dominic Riccitello
"Not every relationship is meant to last. Some are there to create an impact on your life. Relationships that last three months are just as important as ones that last a lifetime."
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"Without proper readiness, we're subject to a 'flub,' or a costly mistake which might have been easily prevented with some simple homework beforehand. Failing to do so deteriorates credibility and reputation, leaving us vulnerable to an unfavorable impression."
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Susan C. Young
"Without proper readiness, we're subject to a 'flub,' or a costly mistake which might have been easily prevented with some simple homework beforehand. Failing to do so deteriorates credibility and reputation, leaving us vulnerable to an unfavorable impression."
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"To be saved is to believe in one's own courage."
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Marty Rubin
"To be saved is to believe in one's own courage."
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"Each time you turn your life issues over to God and allow Him to lead, you build trust in Him."
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Elizabeth George
"Each time you turn your life issues over to God and allow Him to lead, you build trust in Him."
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"If you drink the good wine of the noble countess, you have to entertain her less desirable friends."
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Virginia Woolf
"If you drink the good wine of the noble countess, you have to entertain her less desirable friends."
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"You're not who he expected you to be, that doesn't mean you aren't somebody. Nor are you perfect. Stop using every mistake you make as an excuse to fail completely."
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Robin Hobb
"You're not who he expected you to be, that doesn't mean you aren't somebody. Nor are you perfect. Stop using every mistake you make as an excuse to fail completely."
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"Ignorance can stifle learning, especially if the ignorant person believes that he or she is not ignorant."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Ignorance can stifle learning, especially if the ignorant person believes that he or she is not ignorant."
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"Your pain and sufferings can only make you stronger if you aren't repeatedly placing negative interpretations them."
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Edmond Mbiaka
"Your pain and sufferings can only make you stronger if you aren't repeatedly placing negative interpretations them."
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"Use your finger to trace the scar upon my chest- I lied - it wasn't a knife wound, but a scrape from a nail sliding under a fence to see you..."
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John Geddes
"Use your finger to trace the scar upon my chest- I lied - it wasn't a knife wound, but a scrape from a nail sliding under a fence to see you..."
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"She's on the stairs, ma'am, getting her breath,' said the young servant, who had not been long up from the country, where my mother had the excellent habit of getting all her servants. Often she had seen them born. That's the only way to get really good ones. And they're the rarest of luxuries."
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Marcel Proust
"She's on the stairs, ma'am, getting her breath,' said the young servant, who had not been long up from the country, where my mother had the excellent habit of getting all her servants. Often she had seen them born. That's the only way to get really good ones. And they're the rarest of luxuries."
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"Human history is in essence a history of ideas."
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H. G. Wells
"Human history is in essence a history of ideas."
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"There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil."
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Ellis Peters
"There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil."
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"The time we are living in has its own conditions, peculiarities and standards."
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Sunday Adelaja
"The time we are living in has its own conditions, peculiarities and standards."
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"To be happy, find out what is making you unhappy and change that. Reverse, RE-CHOICE and REJOICE!"
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R.V.M.
"To be happy, find out what is making you unhappy and change that. Reverse, RE-CHOICE and REJOICE!"
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"There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands."
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George Borrow
"There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands."
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"The U.S. didn't achieve its liberty or prosperity by mistake. It was by design, and the architects were the Founding Fathers. Don't mess with the Constitution. The Constitution matters."
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A.E. Samaan
"The U.S. didn't achieve its liberty or prosperity by mistake. It was by design, and the architects were the Founding Fathers. Don't mess with the Constitution. The Constitution matters."
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"Stop blaming evil on the Devil, blame it on the Creator of everything, if you don't understand, ask Him or at least hope that someday He will reveal it to you."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Stop blaming evil on the Devil, blame it on the Creator of everything, if you don't understand, ask Him or at least hope that someday He will reveal it to you."
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"They can stop a river by building a dam, but I will be damned if they can stop my river of blood flowing through my veins and heart."
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Anthony Liccione
"They can stop a river by building a dam, but I will be damned if they can stop my river of blood flowing through my veins and heart."
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"To Reap The Result Of Destructive Behavior Is To Do Evil."
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Sunday Adelaja
"To Reap The Result Of Destructive Behavior Is To Do Evil."
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"I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list."
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Ann Patchett
"I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list."
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"Vladimir did great things-so could she. Besides, they come first, right?""Not always."I stared. I'd had they come first drilled into me since I was a child. It was what all guardians believed. Only the dhampirs who'd run away from their duty didn't subscribe to that. What he said was almost like treason."Sometimes, Rose, you have to know when to put yourself first."
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Richelle Mead
"Vladimir did great things-so could she. Besides, they come first, right?""Not always."I stared. I'd had they come first drilled into me since I was a child. It was what all guardians believed. Only the dhampirs who'd run away from their duty didn't subscribe to that. What he said was almost like treason."Sometimes, Rose, you have to know when to put yourself first."
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"Should books not have been there, hearsay would have been the best reading material!"
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Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
"Should books not have been there, hearsay would have been the best reading material!"
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"Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look."
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Sharon Salzberg
"Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look."
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"Movie without romance feels like food without flavor."
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Toba Beta
"Movie without romance feels like food without flavor."
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"Prayer is the breath of life."
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Lailah Gifty Akita
"Prayer is the breath of life."
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"But it is. It's something you need, and that's a long way from nothing. If you need it, Eddie, we need it. What we don't need is a man who can't let go of the useless baggage of his memories."
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Stephen King
"But it is. It's something you need, and that's a long way from nothing. If you need it, Eddie, we need it. What we don't need is a man who can't let go of the useless baggage of his memories."
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"This isn't a Christmas special! This is my life. In the real world, miracles and goodness just don't happen."
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Richelle Mead
"This isn't a Christmas special! This is my life. In the real world, miracles and goodness just don't happen."
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