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NOLAN J. VANDER HAAGEN Next generations will not know what is to have childhood.
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See the world for what it is.
BEAUTIFUL!
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To love is to act.
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I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n...
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How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g...
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Life is about happiness—not about success.
DEBASISH MRIDHA It is what it is, it is what you make it.
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When you add love to sex, it feels as if your soul is being drawn from the chains of gravity into th...
CHLOE THURLOW Love? I always thought love was just something that ate away your sanity, left you with an inferiori...
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By doing what's best for them.
Then how would you love your...
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To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.
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To err is human, but it feels divine.
MAE WEST The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
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I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
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ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
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ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
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ANDREW TO Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is.
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[If a man] postpone[s] any open acknowledgement... that his own faith is in direct opposition to the...
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Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is.
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Dress to express not to impress.
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Death is only a place to rest while we decide where to go next.
ANTHONY T. HINCKS You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
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Human is what he decides to be.
ZAMAN ALI You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues.
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Do what is best for you; it will be the best for the world.
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What is sin?
It is the glory of God not honored.
The holiness of God not reverenced.
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JOHN PIPER Love is insanity, apparently.
COREY ANN HAYDU Love, real love, the kind that you fall in, isn’t like Corinthians. The “suffereth long” and �...
JULIE ANNE LONG Love without reason is fleeting; love without emotion, dry.
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GAUTAMA BUDDHA Western philosophy must be discussed; eastern philosophy must be experienced.
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Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is.
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The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.
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To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.
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The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
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Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
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I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up.
"Yes," I sai...
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What Fucks me... is that we both are the same... we all walk on the same path... but everything is a...
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People want the here and now, rather than the there and after; as most are living in the where and w...
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God exists and he is an atom. So he exists in every thing and everywhere. An atom is a unit and exam...
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I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations...
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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God is so cruel," she murmured reflectively, as though answering him.
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That Nature doesn’t exist,
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Whilst I could not think of any man whose spirit was, or needed to be, more enlarged than the spirit... 
See the world for what it is.
To love is to act. 
I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... 
How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... 
Life is about happiness—not about success. 
When you add love to sex, it feels as if your soul is being drawn from the chains of gravity into th... 
You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'... 
To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness. 
To err is human, but it feels divine. 
I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. 
The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception... 
My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that sma... 
What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? 
[If a man] postpone[s] any open acknowledgement... that his own faith is in direct opposition to the... 
Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. 
Death is only a place to rest while we decide where to go next. 
Human is what he decides to be. 
What is sin?
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