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Quotes by Author
"Excellence is a journey and a constant process. It is never a final destination. Have fun and enjoy it as a lifetime self-improvement program. Polish yourself for excellence. Glitter and sparkle for success."
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"Never stop studying the Holy Scriptures ."
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"No one wants to be entrapped by his or her addictive habit..."
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"Criticizing is easy, performing is difficult."
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"The one plentiful herds of magazine writers would continue to be culled - by the Internet, by the recession, by the American public, who would rather watch TV or play video games or electronically inform friends that, like, 'rain sucks!' But there's no app for a bourbon buzz on a warm day in a cool, dark bar. The world will always want a drink."
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"Shut the front door! Jenna exclaimed.Andrew disappeared into the foyer, and when he returned, his eyebrows were furrowed in confusion. 'The door is shut?"
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"Women will be the death of you. Julio entered and sat down. 'That's why I don't mess with them. They make men weak.'You don't mess with them because you're gay."
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"Success is relative. We shouldn't compare the financial success between a person born into riches and the one born into abject poverty."
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"We might, in that indeterminate period they call mourning, be in a submarine, silent on the ocean's bed, aware of the depth charges, now near and now far, buffeting us with recollections. . . .Grief is different. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life."
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"The obvious matters are more imperceptible today."
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"The only French word I know is oui, which means 'yes, and only recently did I learn it's spelled o-u-i and not w-e-e."
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"I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do---the actual act of writing---turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward."
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"You cannot do good work if you take your mind off the work to see how the community is taking it."
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"God did not create man in his own image. Evidently, it was quite the other way about, which is the painless explanation for the profusion of gods and religions, and the fratricide both between and among faiths, that we see all about us and that has so retarded the development of civilization."
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"Man must learn that his current path is not suitable for Earth, and soon, Earth won't be suitable for Man."
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"The expression in her eyes was bitter as nightshade. 'You ask me about regret? Let me tell you a few things about regret, my darling. There is no end to it. You cannot find the beginning of the chain that brought us from there to here. Should you regret the whole chain, and the air between, or each link separately, as if you could uncouple them? Do you regret the beginning which ended so badly, or just the ending itself? I've given more thought to this question than you can begin to imagine."
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"Unsolicited advice is usually more about the needs of the giver than the receiver."
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"The hardest part is developing the idea, and that can take years."
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"Greatness is not a gift that one can give to another, but rather is a thief's relic that we must take for ourselves."
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"You can always evaluate a man's character by the way he speaks about his ex girlfriends and other women. When entering a new relationship or getting close with a new guy, make sure you take notice of the language he uses when referring to other girls."
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"Capitalists grow wealth. Socialists redistribute wealth.... but population grows, so the Socialist population control kicks in in the form of eugenics."
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"Love yourself... enough to take the actions required for your happiness.enough to cut yourself loose from the drama-filled past... enough to set a high standard for relationships... enough to feed your mind and body in a healthy manner... enough to forgive yourself... enough to move on."
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"Leave the dead to the Earth. They are not for us."
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"Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes."
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"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."
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"Love is the language that transcends all others."
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"If it pleases you and you can write at all, it's gonna please somebody else."
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"You totally need to watch the news.""Can't.""Why?""It's too depressing.""Right, because hanging with dead people isn't."
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"If you can master the opening, you will be leaps and bounds ahead of the competition."
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"Helping others is an effective way of training oneself."
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"Don't use your past history as an excuse to be miserable. Use your past as a testament to show the world just how far you have come."
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"Giving him a grateful nod, Graydon turned away.A heavy hand fell on his shoulder, causing him to stop in his tracks. Dragos' grip clenched, almost to the point of pain.Normally, Dragos was not demonstrative with anyone other than Pia and Liam. Moved, Graydon angled his face away. After a moment, he reached up to grip the other man's hand in return. Only then did Dragos' hold ease and allow him to continue on his way."
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"I have only been a 'Poor Me' once or twice in my life. And that was my own fault."
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"Become great through the currency of time."
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