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JOE MAY Hope like that, as I thought before, doesn’t make you a weak person. It’s hopelessness that make... CECELIA AHERN In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are spellcast. We speak in se... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Irreverence not only shows disrespect to Deity but also makes it hard for the Spirit to teach us the... L. LIONEL KENDRICK People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, b... LORNE MICHAELS We try to recycle those components because they contain toxic materials that we don't want in the la... PAULA CLARK I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live. I call them part of the joy of... JUDY COLLINS In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. W... HARLAN COBEN We live in different taste worlds, and how things taste has a lot to do with whether we eat them or ... LINDA BARTOSHUK I think everybody is capable of beating everybody else at this point. I don't think there's a team o... JEFF TAMBRONI The farmer in us makes us do the things we do SOTONYE ANGA Aquariums are popular because they fill what people are looking for in a vacation. There has been a ... CATHY KEEFE It is not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned. It is not what we intend but wha... HENRY WARD BEECHER A lot of the things we've done have been common sense. You do what makes sense to you and make moves... JEFFREY KALMIKOFF It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save tha... FRANCIS BACON It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that... FRANCIS BACON, SR. It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that... FRANCIS BACON SR. It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save tha... BOHDI SANDERS We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten yea... THICH NHAT HANH It is the simple things that are in the ocean. People think that simple things are on the seashore, ... C. JOYBELL C. Not every person wants the prettiest, smartest, talented or spiritually uplifting person to build a ... SHANNON L. ALDER The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL They have a couple of scorers and that makes them tough. We don't score a lot and that makes it toug... BILL SACCO If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... We need to identify & correct bad elements in us and in order to eliminate that we must listen to ou... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA It's a big game. They want to beat us. We want to beat them. It's about seeing who can say they're t... HESTER READY From what I heard, they said is they want them to call that. Even though the guy was 25, 30 yards be... AL WILSON We are all looking for a place in life, somewhere we fit. It’s not a place that changes who we are... SAMANTHA YOUNG It is only with the heart that one can see, hear and feel clearly. Think of an image, music or movie... VAL UCHENDU It's very encouraging that they are willing to talk about this. If we're talking about affordable ho... DAN BEERS Couples have to create an organizational system that makes sense to both of them. If it makes sense ... RUTH HAYDEN It wasn't that we wanted to bring them the things because they were pathetic and couldn't do anythin... DAN ELDON All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable wa... YANN MARTEL To ‘let go’ sometimes makes us feel like losers because it means giving up what truly we felt we... CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE Laughter is important, not only because it makes us happy, it also has actual health benefits. And t... MARLO THOMAS All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in a strange, sometimes inexplicable ... YANN MARTEL There is always something through which things get into our minds. There is always something in mind... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We want a little risk in our lives because it keeps things interesting. It wakes us up, it gives us ... ROB BELL There are many things that keep me from getting married. But there will be a time when marriage make... ADAM LEVINE They're out there putting a fence up with us and splitting wood. We want to instill in them a sense ... DENELL STOSIO Travel makes me feel like a bird, Travel gives me a sense of freedom, Travel makes me come... ARCHANA CHAURASIA KAPOOR The enormity of problems like hunger and social injustice can certainly motivate us to act. We can b... JOHN CAPECCI AND TIMOTHY CAGE We think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN I would like them to come in and make a presentation to the commission and convince us it makes sens... LINDA SIBLEY One of the great things about music is that you can really help other people through rough times. If... JT WOODRUFF Sophie(female): This life is not worth living without the people that make us want to tear down thos... LEVERAGE SOPHIE AND PARKER I do know many a band out there, because believe me, we've played with most of them, who are tog... GERRY BECKLEY Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to t... EDWARD ZWICK Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a certain potency of life in them, to be as act... JOHN MILTON We were drawn to the Colts organization because their leadership has the same high standards we embr... 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[Letter to Anne Clarke, July 3, 1964.] ANNE SEXTON Then the singing enveloped me. It was furry and resonant, coming from everyone's very heart. There w... ANNE LAMOTT Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people w... ANNE LAMOTT Eros is an issue of boundaries. He exists because certain boundaries do. In the interval between rea... ANNE CARSON I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains. ANNE FRANK But he who dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. ANNE BRONTë Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. ANNE FRANK Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. ANNE FRANK A quiet conscience makes one strong! ANNE FRANK The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith in... ANNE LAMOTT As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. E... ANNE SEXTON It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossibl... ANNE FRANK I suppose [...] that the most convincing way to fool an enemy would be to fool a friend. ANNE BISHOP A large American automobile came crawling close to us, and we could hear from behind its thick windo... ANNE RICE Quite collected at cocktail parties, meanwhile in my head I'm undergoing open-heart surger... ANNE SEXTON It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot o... ANNE LAMOTT Some men die for lack of love…some die because of it. Think about it." - Daemon ANNE BISHOP It was as if when I looked into his eyes I was standing alone on the edge of the world...on a windsw... ANNE RICE When you sit in silence long enough, you learn that silence has a motion. It glides over you without... ANNE SPOLLEN Smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings:... ANNE BRONTë Children need guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. ANNE SULLIVAN ... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit ra... ANNE PERRY The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, the one who sucks us all up. ANNE SEXTON I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is ... ANNE SULLIVAN Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you ... ANNE FRANK I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is ... ANNE FRANK There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of ... ANNE RICE