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"Teenagers who are never required to vacuum are living in one."

"Teenagers who are never required to vacuum are living in one."

Fred G. Gosman, American Author

Living, Teenagers

35

"What secular avocation on earth was there for a young man (whose friends could not get him an 'appointment') which was at once gentlemanly, lucrative, and to be followed without special knowledge?"

"What secular avocation on earth was there for a young man (whose friends could not get him an 'appointment') which was at once gentlemanly, lucrative, and to be followed without special knowledge?"

George Eliot, British Author

Occupation, Career, Class, Expectation, Reality

35

"Mind of myth sees ghost."

"Mind of myth sees ghost."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Myth, Mind, Supernatural, Perception

35

"You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip."

"You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip."

Jonathan Carroll, American Author

Love, Beginning, Running

35

"A dog is der Hund the dog; a women is die Frau the wom[an]; a horse is das Pferd, the horse; now you put that dog in the Genitive case, & is he the same dog he was before? No sir; he is das Hundes; put him in the Dative case & what is he? Why, he is dem Hund. Now you snatch him into the accusative case & how is it with him? Why he is den Hunden? ... Read moreBut suppose he happens to be twins & you have to pluralize him, what then? Why sir they'll swap that twin dog around thro' the four cases till he'll think he's an entire International Dog Show all in his own person. I don't like dogs, but I wouldn't treat a dog like that. I wouldn't even treat a borrowed dog that way."

"A dog is der Hund the dog; a women is die Frau the wom[an]; a horse is das Pferd, the horse; now you put that dog in the Genitive case, & is he the same dog he was before? No sir; he is das Hundes; put him in the Dative case & what is he? Why, he is dem Hund. Now you snatch him into the accusative case & how is it with him? Why he is den Hunden? ... Read moreBut suppose he happens to be twins & you have to pluralize him, what then? Why sir they'll swap that twin dog around thro' the four cases till he'll think he's an entire International Dog Show all in his own person. I don't like dogs, but I wouldn't treat a dog like that. I wouldn't even treat a borrowed dog that way."

Mark Twain, American Author

Language, Grammar, Dogs

35

"Successful people are simply those with successful habits."

"Successful people are simply those with successful habits."

Brian Tracy, American Author

Success, People, Successful, Habits

35

"Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises."

"Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises."

Beverly Cleary, American Author

Friendship, Friend, Books

35

"My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you."

"My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you."

Nora Ephron, American Author

Family, Mother, Cooking

35

"Conformity keeps us closed minded."

"Conformity keeps us closed minded."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Conformity, Closed-minded, Society, Creativity

35

"My mother was a politician in my formative years."

"My mother was a politician in my formative years."

Antonia Fraser, British Author

Family, Mother, Years

35

"Africa had a way of coming back and simply covering everything up again."

"Africa had a way of coming back and simply covering everything up again."

Alexander McCall Smith, British Author

Geography, Resilience, Time, History, Nature

35

"In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required to make it, and the greater the number of different minds which assisted in its development."

"In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required to make it, and the greater the number of different minds which assisted in its development."

Lafcadio Hearn, Japanese Author

Time, Work, Art, Development

35

"I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half."

"I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half."

Jilly Cooper, British Author

Happiness, Theory

35

"We have arrived at an intellectual chaos."

"We have arrived at an intellectual chaos."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Chaos, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

35

"The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base."

"The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base."

Ann Macbeth, English Author

Art, Financial, Film

35

"Now, for pure bloggers, for individual people who are just posting their own thoughts, they would still run the same risk of saying something wrong or embarrassing, but they wouldn't harm their institutions by doing so."

"Now, for pure bloggers, for individual people who are just posting their own thoughts, they would still run the same risk of saying something wrong or embarrassing, but they wouldn't harm their institutions by doing so."

Gregg Easterbrook, American Author

People, Thoughts, Harm, Now

35

"Knowledge is the most democratic source of power."

"Knowledge is the most democratic source of power."

Alvin Toffler, American Author

Power, Knowledge

35

"Writing is mental exercise and the preeminent method to train the mind to achieve a desirable state of mental quietude. Meditative writing, a single pointed concentration of mental activity, induces an altered state of consciousness. Writing is studious rumination, a means to converse with our personal muse. Writing entails a period of forced solitude that enables us to meet and conduct a searching conversation with our authentic self. This contemplative dialogue with our true self is transformational. Writing is not a mere act but a journey of the mind into heretofore-unknown frontiers of the self."

"Writing is mental exercise and the preeminent method to train the mind to achieve a desirable state of mental quietude. Meditative writing, a single pointed concentration of mental activity, induces an altered state of consciousness. Writing is studious rumination, a means to converse with our personal muse. Writing entails a period of forced solitude that enables us to meet and conduct a searching conversation with our authentic self. This contemplative dialogue with our true self is transformational. Writing is not a mere act but a journey of the mind into heretofore-unknown frontiers of the self."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Contemplation, Writing, Mind, Exercise, Consciousness

35

"Have compassion for your past. By showing love to the present. Your past was just the portal to now."

"Have compassion for your past. By showing love to the present. Your past was just the portal to now."

Matthew Donnelly, American Author

Reconciliation, Compassion, Past, Present, Healing

35

"Her godmother simply touched her with her wand, and, at the same moment, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, all decked with jewels."

"Her godmother simply touched her with her wand, and, at the same moment, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, all decked with jewels."

Charles Perrault, French Author

Magic, Clothes, Gold, Jewels

35

"In a way you can feel that the poet actually is looking over your shoulder, and you say to yourself, now, how would this go for him? Would this do or not?"

"In a way you can feel that the poet actually is looking over your shoulder, and you say to yourself, now, how would this go for him? Would this do or not?"

Robert Fitzgerald, American Author

35

"Even if you have achieved everything, there is Perfection, still left to be achieved."

"Even if you have achieved everything, there is Perfection, still left to be achieved."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Perfection, Achievement, Life, Goal

35

"You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles."

"You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles."

C. JoyBell C., American Author

Release, Freedom, Burden, Mindset

35

"One of the critical factors that make people's dreams become nightmares is that they don't know there is a cost to be paid!"

"One of the critical factors that make people's dreams become nightmares is that they don't know there is a cost to be paid!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Challenge, Cost, Failure, Dreams, Nightmares

35

"The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter."

"The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter."

Willa Cather, American Author

35

"I frankly expected a far more negative reaction from you on discovering. She glanced around the lab " the situation. Why are you helping?"I'm not helping-I'm merely not hindering in as strenuous a fashion as I am able."

"I frankly expected a far more negative reaction from you on discovering. She glanced around the lab " the situation. Why are you helping?"I'm not helping-I'm merely not hindering in as strenuous a fashion as I am able."

G.S. Jennsen, American Author

Assistance, Help, Action, Observation

35

"To choose the right is to reject the wrong."

"To choose the right is to reject the wrong."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Righteousness, Right, Wrong, Truth

35

"The dark-haired girl behind Winston had begun crying out: 'Swine! Swine! Swine!', and suddenly she picked up a heavy Newspeak dictionary and flung it at the screen."

"The dark-haired girl behind Winston had begun crying out: 'Swine! Swine! Swine!', and suddenly she picked up a heavy Newspeak dictionary and flung it at the screen."

George Orwell, British Author

Rebellion, Anger, Violence, Propaganda

35

"Jewish persecution is a historical memory of the present generation and people fear it in the present day, and that's why those references are so much more powerful. I just understand that better now."

"Jewish persecution is a historical memory of the present generation and people fear it in the present day, and that's why those references are so much more powerful. I just understand that better now."

Gregg Easterbrook, American Author

People, Fear, Day, Memory

35

"God desires to reveal the riches of His glory to the world through the abundance of people who have dedicated their lives to Him."

"God desires to reveal the riches of His glory to the world through the abundance of people who have dedicated their lives to Him."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Glory, God, Abundance, Dedication

35

"I feel like oversized trousers on sale, not even made of good material, that no one wants to buy. They just hang in there hoping that someone someday will compromise for its low cost."

"I feel like oversized trousers on sale, not even made of good material, that no one wants to buy. They just hang in there hoping that someone someday will compromise for its low cost."

Pawan Mishra, Indian Author

Insecurity, Rejection, Self-Worth, Metaphor

35

"It was their secret, a secret meant for just the two of them, and she'd never been able to imagine how it would sound coming from someone else. But, somehow, Logan made it sound just right."

"It was their secret, a secret meant for just the two of them, and she'd never been able to imagine how it would sound coming from someone else. But, somehow, Logan made it sound just right."

Nicholas Sparks, American Author

Secrets, Love, Sound, Emotion

35

"Winters are a desolate time where all senses are wiped away, and here in Canada, this is especially true. All smells are sucked clean from the air, leaving only a harsh, icy crispness. Colours are stripped away, leaving a stark white landscape, a sky which stays black at night and gray in the day, a world of only three shades. Stay outside too long, and your hands will get so cold that they'll go numb and turn red, like the claws of a lobster. During a whiteout, even sight itself is reduced to nothingness."

"Winters are a desolate time where all senses are wiped away, and here in Canada, this is especially true. All smells are sucked clean from the air, leaving only a harsh, icy crispness. Colours are stripped away, leaving a stark white landscape, a sky which stays black at night and gray in the day, a world of only three shades. Stay outside too long, and your hands will get so cold that they'll go numb and turn red, like the claws of a lobster. During a whiteout, even sight itself is reduced to nothingness."

Rebecca McNutt, Canadian Author

Nature, Winter, Observation, Sense

35

"Adoption isn't just a childhood experience, it's a life-long experience."

"Adoption isn't just a childhood experience, it's a life-long experience."

DaShanne Stokes, American Author

Adoption, Life, Experience, Truth

35

"Let your dreams keep you hopeful!"

"Let your dreams keep you hopeful!"

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Aspiration, Dreams, Hope, Future, Inspire

35

"It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles."

"It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles."

Claude M. Bristol, American Author

Effort, Obstacles

35

"I guess my biggest problem is that I find it easier to relapse than to carry through."

"I guess my biggest problem is that I find it easier to relapse than to carry through."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Addiction, Struggle, Motivational, Discipline, Recovery

35

"Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends."

"Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Friendship, Friends, Old

35

"A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it."

"A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it."

Victor Hugo, French Author

35

"Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases."

"Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases."

Evelyn Waugh, English Author

35

"There is a high cost for low living."

"There is a high cost for low living."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

35

"If a demon and a vampire mated, their offspring would be unique but in harmony, like a Labrador retriever crossed with a poodle. Voila, labradoodle!But a vemon was a made creature, as if one took the front half of the Lab and jammed it onto the back half of the poodle. In other words, wrong."

"If a demon and a vampire mated, their offspring would be unique but in harmony, like a Labrador retriever crossed with a poodle. Voila, labradoodle!But a vemon was a made creature, as if one took the front half of the Lab and jammed it onto the back half of the poodle. In other words, wrong."

Kresley Cole, American Author

Humor, Fantasy, Creativity, Imagination

35

"Confession breaks the power of canceled sin. It also heals the broken heart."

"Confession breaks the power of canceled sin. It also heals the broken heart."

Mark Batterson, American Author

Confession, Healing, Redemption, Faith

35

"I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play."

"I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play."

Beverly Cleary, American Author

Family, Mother, Father, Feelings, Children

35

"It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

"It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

J. K. Rowling, English Author

Choice, Choices

35

"We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not."

"We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Identity, Act, Will

35

"Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly."

"Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly."

Simon Sinek, British Author

Life, Talent, Fairness

35

"Passion is a catalyst for action and provides you with the emotional stamina to stick with it, regardless of the obstacles."

"Passion is a catalyst for action and provides you with the emotional stamina to stick with it, regardless of the obstacles."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Drive, Passion, Action, Power, Success

35

"It's important to have a vision of the long run and make wise decisions for our highest good in the present moment; however, we don't want to become attached to how everything must look. When we show up in good faith, life provides. And when we trust, we are always in the flow of manifestation."

"It's important to have a vision of the long run and make wise decisions for our highest good in the present moment; however, we don't want to become attached to how everything must look. When we show up in good faith, life provides. And when we trust, we are always in the flow of manifestation."

Alaric Hutchinson, American Author

Alignment, Vision, Trust, Flow, Patience

35

"The only recourse for an escape artist from world affairs is to explore their inner sanctum where hopes, dreams, insecurities, and despair collide."

"The only recourse for an escape artist from world affairs is to explore their inner sanctum where hopes, dreams, insecurities, and despair collide."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Escape, World, Soul, Dream

35

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