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GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ the room of the spirit is the mind and the seat of the spirit is the heart. What we give room to muc... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Knowledge causes depression and a lot of pressure. DEYTH BANGER I basically love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture o... A. R. RAHMAN Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. 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To have a pet in the family is to invite good health into your lives.It brings happiness to all and ... GARY F EVANS... I can see you have a great deal of water in your personality. Water never waits. It changes shape an... ARTHUR GOLDEN كنت أصمت أذعن لمصيري. أحمل دميتي,أنزع ملابسها, أشد شعره�... مليكة مستظرف The norm which the society at large has set today categorically is in the form of preventive measure... HENRIETTA NEWTON MARTIN LEGAL CONSULTANT Kehidupan perempuan itu sembilan bagian kacau dan satu bagian ajaib, kau akan segera mengetahuinya..... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the c... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ I wish I was home", She said miserably. She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She will be playing Indian music, based on raga, which is something unique to Indian classical music... KANNIKS KANNIKESWARAN I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The Dream of a Queer Fellow I write the words again and they appear doubly pregnant with meaning. It... JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY If you have read this far in the chronicle of the Baudelaire orphans - and I certainly hope you have... LEMONY SNICKET The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS Let your true love be your lifetime treasure and beyond. ANGELICA HOPES A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN God is the strength in which I trust." Lesson 47, A Course In Miracles HELEN SCHUCMAN Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES This is not Winterfell', he told him as he cut his meat with fork and dagger. 'On the Wall, a man ge... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS My work with Terry Riley sparked all kinds of musical ideas, ... I wanted some vehicle that could en... 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QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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PHILLIPS BROOKS Freedom is thrust upon us, and we must take it whether we will or not. Happiest is he who takes it m... PHILLIPS BROOKS Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893 Orthodoxy is, i... PHILLIPS BROOKS Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552 What is the Christian? ... PHILLIPS BROOKS To say, "well done" to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort... PHILLIPS BROOKS Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like... PHILLIPS BROOKS Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893 If the true rev... PHILLIPS BROOKS The tests that we have done have not substantiated these claims. ALLAN BROOKS I try to come every year, to support the fire department. This is a lot better than McDonald's, and ... 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PHILLIPS BROOKS Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. PHILLIPS BROOKS Happiness is the natural flower of duty. PHILLIPS BROOKS Just keep taking chances and having fun. GARTH BROOKS In the future, I'm sure there will be a lot more robots in every aspect of life. If you told peo... RODNEY BROOKS When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that th... GWENDOLYN BROOKS Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other eth... GWENDOLYN BROOKS I've always thought of myself as a reporter. GWENDOLYN BROOKS I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker. GWENDOLYN BROOKS Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing wi... GWENDOLYN BROOKS I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, e... GWENDOLYN BROOKS Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this ident... GWENDOLYN BROOKS Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home. GWENDOLYN BROOKS First fight. Then fiddle. GWENDOLYN BROOKS What I'm fighting for now in my work... for an expression relevant to all manner of blacks, poem... GWENDOLYN BROOKS When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes... GWENDOLYN BROOKS A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it wer... GWENDOLYN BROOKS Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing t... GWENDOLYN BROOKS We are each other's magnitude and bond. GWENDOLYN BROOKS I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She's ins... SCOTT BROOKS I'm very thankful to players like John Stockton and Spud Webb. They've made it possible for ... 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