A bicycle shed is a building; Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of architecture.


Nikolaus Pevsner

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Life is a school of probability.
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This life is a process of learning.
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Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process.
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Everybody in life is a chameleon.
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Life is a grand party.
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Be grateful for every moment and every breath.
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My life is a struggle.
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LIL WAYNE
All life is a manifestation of the spirit, the manifestation of love.
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For me, life is a bowl of cherries.
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Life is a right, not collateral or casual.
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All of life is a foreign country.
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A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
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To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.
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Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.
HAILE GEBRSELASSIE
For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA
Life is a predicament which precedes death.
HENRY JAMES
Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.
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Life is a series of waves to be embraced and overcome.
DANNY MEYER
Life is a soccer field, don't you think?
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What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Life is a matter of courtship and wooing, flirting and chatting.
CAROLYN SEE
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Life is a racket. Writing is a racket. Sincerity is a racket. Everything's a racket.
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SETH ADAM SMITH
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Life is a game and true love is a trophy.
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I think life is a chain of events.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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Life is a marathon, not a sprint. It's about taking a bigger-picture approach.
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Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.
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Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.
ANTHONY BURGESS
Life is a lot easier when you realize that you're not in control of it all.
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Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child.
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When someone beats a rug,
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What I've learned is that life is a balance between idealism and realism.
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Life is a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.
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The value of a consultant;An outsider can see what an insider cannot see or has decided to ignore.
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Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.
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Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.
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Life is a blur when one is essaying different roles; it is so fulfilling.
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