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"The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too."
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Michael Lewis
"The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too."
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"I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress."
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Antonia Fraser
"I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress."
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"If people aren't able to see your magnificence that's their loss, not yours."
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Scott Stabile
"If people aren't able to see your magnificence that's their loss, not yours."
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"We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit."
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Evelyn Waugh
"We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit."
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"The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York."
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Ron Chernow
"The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York."
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"I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens."
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Colleen McCullough
"I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens."
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"Every true leader is a true follower. Every true follower is a true leader. You are followed because of the dreams you pursue, you pursue others because of the dreams they follow!"
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Israelmore Ayivor
"Every true leader is a true follower. Every true follower is a true leader. You are followed because of the dreams you pursue, you pursue others because of the dreams they follow!"
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"And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others."
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Thomas More
"And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others."
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"Besides, if it was the wrong choice, what difference was one more bad decision going to make?"
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S. A. Tawks
"Besides, if it was the wrong choice, what difference was one more bad decision going to make?"
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"If where you are is worthwhile then where you are from doesn't matter."
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Amit Kalantri
"If where you are is worthwhile then where you are from doesn't matter."
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"When you waste one hour of your time, you have wasted your life."
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Sunday Adelaja
"When you waste one hour of your time, you have wasted your life."
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"But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but it's just so slow, I'm so terribly slow using it."
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Jack Vance
"But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but it's just so slow, I'm so terribly slow using it."
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"He was like Superman, but with fangs and oddly impaired morals."
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Patricia Briggs
"He was like Superman, but with fangs and oddly impaired morals."
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"Sow good seeds for a good yield."
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Jaachynma N.E. Agu
"Sow good seeds for a good yield."
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"The 21st Century Church must rethink ministry via the lens of technology. While most of them are consumed by their imbalance stance; bathing anointing oil and buying tokens for miracles, their counterparts are ministering to millions using the advancement in technology/internet. A powerful tool in the hands of the believer."
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Bernard Kelvin Clive
"The 21st Century Church must rethink ministry via the lens of technology. While most of them are consumed by their imbalance stance; bathing anointing oil and buying tokens for miracles, their counterparts are ministering to millions using the advancement in technology/internet. A powerful tool in the hands of the believer."
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"Introductions, that is, belong to the masterpieces and classics of the world, to the great and ancient and accepted things; and I am here introducing a short, small story of my own which appeared in The Evening News about ten months ago."
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Arthur Machen
"Introductions, that is, belong to the masterpieces and classics of the world, to the great and ancient and accepted things; and I am here introducing a short, small story of my own which appeared in The Evening News about ten months ago."
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"You totally ruined my life, you know that?' said Rincewind hotly. 'I could have really made it as a wizard if you hadn't decided to use me as a sort of portable spellbook. I can't remember any other spells, they're all too frightened to stay in the same head as you!"
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Terry Pratchett
"You totally ruined my life, you know that?' said Rincewind hotly. 'I could have really made it as a wizard if you hadn't decided to use me as a sort of portable spellbook. I can't remember any other spells, they're all too frightened to stay in the same head as you!"
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"One of the greatest lies is to believe that we don't have value. One of the greatest mistakes is to act on that belief. And the greatest liberation is found in looking at the cross of Christ and realizing the enormity of the lie."
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Craig D. Lounsbrough
"One of the greatest lies is to believe that we don't have value. One of the greatest mistakes is to act on that belief. And the greatest liberation is found in looking at the cross of Christ and realizing the enormity of the lie."
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"Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt."
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Mickey Spillane
"Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt."
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"It is God's desire that every one of us is involved in serving Him with all our heart and soul."
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Sunday Adelaja
"It is God's desire that every one of us is involved in serving Him with all our heart and soul."
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"Oh, I know I'm a great trial to you, Marilla," said Anne repentantly. "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might."
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L. M. Montgomery
"Oh, I know I'm a great trial to you, Marilla," said Anne repentantly. "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might."
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"You are working up to Mr. Fantastic Fiction levels of Zombie Expert, which is like playing Guitar Hero on some level that actually melts the guitar controller, burning your fingers with searing hot plastic till you scream in pain. Only with words. And zombies."
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Libba Bray
"You are working up to Mr. Fantastic Fiction levels of Zombie Expert, which is like playing Guitar Hero on some level that actually melts the guitar controller, burning your fingers with searing hot plastic till you scream in pain. Only with words. And zombies."
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"When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are, what happens to confusion? Suddenly it is gone. When you fully accept that you don't know, you actually enter a state of peace and clarity that is closer to who you truly are than thought could ever be. Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself."
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Eckhart Tolle
"When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are, what happens to confusion? Suddenly it is gone. When you fully accept that you don't know, you actually enter a state of peace and clarity that is closer to who you truly are than thought could ever be. Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself."
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"Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread."
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Norman Ralph Augustine
"Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread."
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"I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will never get any better. Only in retrospect do we recognize the best times and of course then it is too late."
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Jonathan Carroll
"I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will never get any better. Only in retrospect do we recognize the best times and of course then it is too late."
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"Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short."
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George Orwell
"Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short."
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"Dreaming or awake, we perceive only events that have meaning to us."
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Jane Roberts
"Dreaming or awake, we perceive only events that have meaning to us."
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"The height of your success will be measured with reference to the depth from which you started."
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Israelmore Ayivor
"The height of your success will be measured with reference to the depth from which you started."
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"Put your converted time into something productive."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Put your converted time into something productive."
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"Paradoxes are conflicting choices or conditions that demand equal attention."
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Pearl Zhu
"Paradoxes are conflicting choices or conditions that demand equal attention."
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"The former time is the time of gloom and darkness, but the later time is a time of the redemption and the mercy of God."
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Sunday Adelaja
"The former time is the time of gloom and darkness, but the later time is a time of the redemption and the mercy of God."
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"Be willing to trust your instincts, especially if you cannot find answers elsewhere."
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Brian Koslow
"Be willing to trust your instincts, especially if you cannot find answers elsewhere."
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"I effortlessly let go of my density and dance forward into infinite bliss."
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Amy Leigh Mercree
"I effortlessly let go of my density and dance forward into infinite bliss."
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"It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one."
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Jerome K. Jerome
"It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one."
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"The pain you feel is simply because you do not yet have the strength to forgive. But you will grow strong again, that is for sure."
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Stephen Richards
"The pain you feel is simply because you do not yet have the strength to forgive. But you will grow strong again, that is for sure."
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"The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you."
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Tony Robbins
"The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you."
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"Every murder turns on a bright hot light, and a lot of people... have to walk out of the shadows."
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Albert Maltz
"Every murder turns on a bright hot light, and a lot of people... have to walk out of the shadows."
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"Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone."
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Martha Beck
"Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone."
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"As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out."
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Robert Shea
"As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out."
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"The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters."
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Salvatore Quasimodo
"The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters."
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"Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals."
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Yann Martel
"Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals."
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"I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once."
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Larry Wall
"I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once."
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"Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized."
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Dean Inge
"Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized."
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"In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that."
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Manuel Puig
"In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that."
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"Change the size of your dreams if that's what's keep you static. Go for bigger dreams, but start in a small way. See the bigger picture and live by the desire to become excellent!"
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Israelmore Ayivor
"Change the size of your dreams if that's what's keep you static. Go for bigger dreams, but start in a small way. See the bigger picture and live by the desire to become excellent!"
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"Tact by its nature entails staying mum, prudently electing to forgo urging other people to pursue an alternative course of action. Creation of silent spaces in our own life and equitable distribution of periods of respite that allow for periods of equable inner reflection is necessary to spur personal growth. It is equally important to honor other people's intrinsic need for periods of introspection, uninterrupted by unsolicited advice."
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Kilroy J. Oldster
"Tact by its nature entails staying mum, prudently electing to forgo urging other people to pursue an alternative course of action. Creation of silent spaces in our own life and equitable distribution of periods of respite that allow for periods of equable inner reflection is necessary to spur personal growth. It is equally important to honor other people's intrinsic need for periods of introspection, uninterrupted by unsolicited advice."
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"My only hope to receive love is to let you see who I am, then I may believe you."
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Keith Miller
"My only hope to receive love is to let you see who I am, then I may believe you."
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"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
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Aesop
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
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"The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead."
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Robert Brault
"The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead."
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"Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from."
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Vernon Howard
"Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from."
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