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Quotes by Author
"What happens to you when you get older? Do you just forget everything from before you turned eighteen? Do you make yourself forget?"
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"I've always felt that good writing does not have to be literary."
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"Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is. Suppose further, that only one star in a trillion has a planet that could support life. If that were the case, then there would be at least 100 million planets that harbored life."
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"People who believe they have bad luck create bad luck. Those who believe they are very fortunate, that the world is a generous place filled with trustworthy people, live in exactly that kind of world."
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"The only strategy to protect and preserve a nation is to establish the golden rules and principles of the Kingdom of God in the society."
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"America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that "treason" is morally worse than murder or rape."
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"Two kinds of selfish people: the unwise and the wise. Unwise selfish people think only of themselves, and the result is confusion and pain. Wise selfish people know that the best thing they can do for themselves is to be there for others. As a result, they experience joy."
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"Perhaps some people really are born unhappy. I surely hope not. Speaking for my sister and myself: We were born with the capacity and determination to be utterly happy all the time. Perhaps even in this we were freaks. Hi ho."
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"Philip wasn't the sort of man to make a friend of a woman. He wanted devotion. I gave him that. I did, you know. But I couldn't stand being made a fool of. I couldn;t stand being put on probation, like an office-boy, to see if I was good enough to be condescended to. I quite thought he was honest when he said he didn't believe in marriage -- and then it turned out that it was a test, to see whether my devotion was abject enough. Well, it wasn't. I didn't like having matrimony offered as a bad-conduct prize."
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"I want to reach out and grab his hand and hold it to me, right over my heart, right where it aches the most. I don't know if doing that would heal me or make my heart break entirely, but either way this constant hungry waiting would be over."
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"Sight is seeing with the eyes, vision is seeing with the mind."
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"Dearest Cecilia, You'd be forgiven for thinking me mad, the way I acted this afternoon. The truth is I feel rather light headed and foolish in your presence, Cee, and I don't think I can blame the heat."
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"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
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"Leaders must see the dream in their mind before they will accomplish the dream with their team."
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"I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times."
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"The only thing that seems to differ between the major schools of meditation is the point of concentration. Some traditions use mantras, others follow the breath, some have their eyes open, others have their eyes closed, some use simple words, others use prayers and the list can go on. Despite extravagant claims to the contrary, modern research has found no significant difference between the points of concentration at the beginning stages of meditation, which means it doesn't really matter which mantra, word or phrase you choose to begin with. The main thing is to practice whatever meditation method that you have chosen; sit still and let the mind settle."
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"The character to follow thru on commitments made to others is built by following thru on commitments made to self."
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"No one can foretell the details in a day, we can only hope."
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"You are your own soul mate, so love and treat yourself in the same way you would your life partner."
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"Actions undertaken in anger, only result in pain, sorrow, and regret."
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"Study to show yourself qualified for God's use."
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"Some man would come to her room. Maybe she would hesitate, and he'd grab her, pin her to the mattress, force her to cooperate."
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"To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our terms, to lead a more passionate, full, and delightful life than that, we must realize that we can endure a lot of pain and pleasure for the sake of finding out who we are and what this world is, how we tick and how our world ticks, how the whole thing just is."
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"Live is not about constantly fighting to keep someone in your life. It is about constantly fighting for a better life together."
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"When you love your neighbor, you won't have problems with embracing them."
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"You are not entitled to stand or speak on behalf of the people or society, except that you are already provoked."
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"A man always revealed his own inner story in his actions and expressions. A man's past deeds foretold his future and allowed anyone with half a brain to divine the path he would take."
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"Ahh, love, why is it so easy to let you in, but so difficult to let you out? Why couldn't you subsist only two-sided?"
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"Read. Write. Read some more. Explore the universe through your writing. Practice and learn what moves you and what doesn't."
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"When a man first awakens, it sometimes takes several moments before he starts thinking clearly.''And here I thought it took several years, perhaps a lifetime for the average man's intellect to kick in."
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"Just say up on the hill is the meaning of life and someone knew it and they wanted everyone else to enjoy it. So they put a red vinyl sofa up there."
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