For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
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MIRANDA HART (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON Eat for lunch, but let something for dinner. ERBLIN VUKAJ Jesus Christ wants to show His love for this world through us, Christians. SUNDAY ADELAJA It's hard when you have things but lose them, it's even harder when you feel that you're being left ... GARY F EVANS... Starting today, must forget what gone yesterday,appreciate what remains today & look forward what ca... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA call it chicken salad SARAH DESSEN Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and s... SARAH DESSEN If you’re trying to tell me you’re not used to mattering to someone, I might just bleed out righ... KELLY MORAN There is no country in earth with all bad people or all good people, so you can't judge a country , ... "BETA" METANI' MARASHI There is no country in earth with all bad people or all good people, so you can't judge a country or... "BETA" METANI' MARASHI I don't care about what am I, I care about what you are... BODDU SUBBARAO It's hard to care about people when you're always afraid you might lose them. But I think not caring... AMBER ARGYLE She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate obser... J.D. SALINGER Father said I have no sense of humor at all. He said I was unequipped to meet life because I have no... J.D. SALINGER You take a really sleepy man, Esmé, and he always stands a chance of again becoming a man with all ... J.D. SALINGER He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor. J.D. SALINGER Written in ink, in German, in a small, hopelessly sincere handwriting, were the words "Dear God, lif... J.D. SALINGER Don't look at your form, however ugly or beautiful. Look at love and at the aim of your quest...O yo... JALAL AD-DIN RUMI The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL People who pretend to be your friend lead you up a garden path by saying everything that you want to... GARY F EVANS... Hold onto one thought: You're not important. You're not anything. Some day the load we're carrying w... RAY BRADBURY What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA The bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get... SARAH DESSEN This is a 911? You know you only text that when someone is dead or dying. You scared the crap out of... SARAH DESSEN It’s the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. SARAH DESSEN You know something is wrong when you are known for what you are against, instead of what you are for... JADE HAJJ Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS That cat was a spy. You had to take a pot shot at it. It was a very clever German midget dres... J.D. SALINGER The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it... THOMAS S. MONSON I knew everything happened for a reason. I just wished the reason would hurry up and make itself kno... CHRISTINA LAUREN I had to cope with her right from when I was little, I looked after her and you. JACQUELINE WILSON I knew it was beautiful, but knowing something is beautiful and caring about it are two very differe... MAUREEN JOHNSON One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and... TRENTON LEE STEWART The most valuable currency in life is compassion. AULIQ-ICE Here are the words that have brought me to a new understanding. Here are the words that will bind us... LANG LEAV I don't define lust as anything evil or nasty. Lust as defined by me, is the feeling of desire: a de... C. JOYBELL C. A place in the sun, that's what I am aiming for... and who could ever ask for more?' -Columbine to P... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES Reach for the stars. CHRISTA MCAULIFFE If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are? T.S. ELIOT Just because something's damaged doesn't mean it shouldn't be treated with respect.' 'Ad,... SARAH DESSEN You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence -Eli SARAH DESSEN It was terrible and awful when someone left you. You could move on, do the best you could, but like ... SARAH DESSEN …You don’t want the best of times to be just one thing, forever. You have to have a lot of bests... SARAH DESSEN Even when apologising, this guy turns on the charm. And the worst thing is that it works. She h... GUILLAUME MUSSO A kind word will never replace the conversation that God has prompted you to repeatedly have. SHANNON L. ALDER From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life: “In a slum somewhere in India As... THE PROPHET OF LIFE Doing good does us good. ARTHUR P. CIARAMICOLI Doing good induces others to reciprocate. ARTHUR P. CIARAMICOLI You have this and this, soon it will come and this and you are still at this level of knowledge... s... DEYTH BANGER The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing. JENNIFER NIVEN A fool who thinks that he is a fool is for that very reason a wise man. The fool who thinks that he... SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF BUDDHISM Selfish people look for success and are in great majority with good bonhomie, but others who crave f... ANUJ SOMANY Regret is one the scariest words in any language and success is one of the most beautiful ones. What... FARSHAD ASL If you look at most beauty advertisements, you would think that makeup is only for beautiful women i... 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HELEN MANCHAS I have lots of clothes that I don't wear because I'm bad for impulse buying. They sit in my ... BAT FOR LASHES There's something in me that loves to inspire people: when I'm playing music, I imagine all ... BAT FOR LASHES I love dressing up. BAT FOR LASHES I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated b... BAT FOR LASHES I'm not really frightened by experimenting - that's the main thing. I really like mixing ver... BAT FOR LASHES The creative part of your brain needs to be stimulated. Sometimes you get blocked in the thing you d... BAT FOR LASHES I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bo... BAT FOR LASHES The record company doesn't know what to do with me, because I'm not a Lily Allen, but I'... BAT FOR LASHES 'The Haunted Man' is about communication barriers between men and women, and in that song it... BAT FOR LASHES It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a... BAT FOR LASHES I want to add something worthwhile rather than just chucking loads of stuff into the world. I don... BAT FOR LASHES I find the world pretty overwhelming, so I'm getting into meditation and doing lots of yoga. And... BAT FOR LASHES I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way.... BAT FOR LASHES There's a part of me that wishes I could go out in T-shirt and jeans, 'cause I really love P... BAT FOR LASHES An album is a whole universe, and the recording studio is a three-dimensional kind of art space that... BAT FOR LASHES To be a great artist, you need to know yourself as best as you possibly can. I live my life and delv... BAT FOR LASHES I've hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very u... BAT FOR LASHES I don't like to be too submissive in the way I dress. I like quite boyish things, so I hardly ev... BAT FOR LASHES I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would ac... BAT FOR LASHES In the music industry, intelligence in women is undervalued. BAT FOR LASHES I cry a lot when I feel empathy. I can feel heartbroken by life, and I cry quite easily, sometimes f... BAT FOR LASHES I live in a Moomin house in East London which I fill with blankets and nice crockery and get people ... BAT FOR LASHES We are bits of energy floating about in various guises, and when we die we rejoin the big cosmic sou... BAT FOR LASHES I get people being frightened of me. One time I did this photo shoot where I had hairy armpits - I w... BAT FOR LASHES I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-g... BAT FOR LASHES When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled a... 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SAM MENDES I've made movies that cost less than one car chase. SAM MENDES Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that. SAM MENDES Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets o... SAM MENDES I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is differe... SAM MENDES You think about taking audiences on a journey. SAM MENDES If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything. SAM MENDES I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I ... SAM MENDES One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films. SAM MENDES All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which... SAM MENDES Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces. 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