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Change and renewal are themes in life, aren't they? We keep growing throughout life.


Susan Minot

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JOHN RHYS-DAVIES New life in a new country requires renewal in all spheres of life
SUNDAY ADELAJA I have learned that champions aren't just born; champions can be made when they embrace and comm...
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MICHELE BACHMANN Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.
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MILEY CYRUS There aren't many people who really put their life on the line for human freedom.
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BOBBY WOMACK Painters aren't expected to paint bleak pictures, are they?
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ABOUT LIFE Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
ABOUT LIFE I always dream of being a millionaire like my uncle!... He's dreaming too.
ABOUT LIFE I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their mo...
ABOUT LIFE sometimes you feel blessed but other times you feel stressed
LIFE REACTIONS If everyone falls down no one will be there to pick us up, therefore don't try to pull others down w...
LIFE REACTIONS Don't just stress, but so something about it
LIFE REACTIONS Humans are selfish, so don't expect anything from them. Provide yourself with everything
LIFE REACTIONS Love is like a hole, the more you love someone the deeper it gets
LIFE REACTIONS Always be yourself, and never a reflection of others
LIFE REACTIONS One day you will find "the one" who deserves all what you want to give. The one who appreciates your...
ROSE'S LIFE If it doesn't open, it's not your door
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CHRIS YOUNG Change is Growth, Movement is Change; keep on moving, keep on growing.
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ANN COULTER Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?
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SUSAN LIEBERMAN I was the daughter of an immigrant, raised to feel that I needed to get excellent, flawless grades a...
SUSAN CHOI Human relationships used to be easy: you had friends, boy- or girlfriends, parents, children, and la...
SUSAN ORLEAN The best thing I could say is you do have to be a really good listener. If I go to a family reunion,...
SUSAN STRAIGHT When you think of Yahoo, they had a shot to be what Vox is doing, in terms of taking content and dis...
SUSAN DECKER My father, born in Colorado, met my mother, born in Switzerland, when he went into the finance compa...
SUSAN STRAIGHT My hobby is gardening, I love it, it's my main hobby. I like being at home and I'm very happ...
SUSAN HAMPSHIRE If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more tree...
SUSAN GEORGE The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured m...
SUSAN SONTAG When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.
SUSAN SARANDON In all my novels, a sense of place - not just geographic but social - is a critical element. I have ...
SUSAN WIGGS To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time.
SUSAN SONTAG I always try to avoid looking at the section where my books would be shelved, but I do know that my ...
SUSAN CHOI It become totally untenable to me that after acting for 25 years - I've played Juliet, Cleopatra...
SUSAN STRASBERG My women students openly admit that they dress for interviews like dates, hoping to look their best:...
SUSAN ESTRICH I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. ...
SUSAN ORLEAN