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SHAILENE WOODLEY Revolution doesn't have to do with smashing something; it has to do with bringing something forth. I... JOSEPH CAMPBELL What we don't let out traps us. We think, No one else feels this way, I must be crazy. So we don't s... SABRINA WARD HARRISON The aim of philosophy, abstractly formulated, is to understand how things in the broadest possible s... WILFRID SELLARS FOOTBALL IS A DECISION GAME BASED ON QUICK THINKING IN RELATION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND YOU AND ... LERCHE NJANG The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception... SAM HARRIS We're here all the time, it seems, so this is what brings us close. This is what we like to do, wher... HARRY HINTEMAN In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. W... HARLAN COBEN Everything in this life passes away — only God remains, only He is worth struggling towards. We ha... 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They keep their eyes upon the goal,
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adversity, it's true beauty ... JILL ANZINGER I could float in the pool for hours, just letting the water carry me. JILL SCOTT I have long since thrown in the towel on the Democratic and Republican parties because they are real... JILL STEIN Normally, I think the people you would use on your first film, it would be a real struggle to bring ... JILL SOLOWAY The network shows have this very commercial voice that you have to adhere to, and the cable shows, i... JILL SOLOWAY I do eventually want to get married, but whether I end up marrying a guy or a girl, I'll still be in... JILL RANEY For clothes, I like this little store on Fountain, Matrushka Construction. Beth Ann Whittaker and La... JILL SOLOWAY We all at certain times in our lives find ourselves broken. True strength is found in picking up the... JILL ANZINGER Even when we grow up we call still whisper our wishes upon the wind,as a child does in innocence, br... JILL ANZINGER If there's a woman who is exhibiting her femininity or performing her femininity, it's alway... JILL SOLOWAY I always wanted to find my voice and claim my tone, but I was doing it through the steps of being a ... JILL SOLOWAY Reaching skyward; no longer leaning,
we grow well and strong,
our friendship reinforced, in the know... JILL ANZINGER Democracy is not what we don't want. Democracy is what we do want. It is a set of affirmative va... JILL STEIN Bear bile can easily and cheaply be replaced by herbs and by synthetics. JILL ROBINSON My boredom threshold is low at the best of times but I have spent more time being slowly and excruci... JILL TWEEDIE Men, I feel are like wine - before buying, a real connoisseur takes a small sip, and spits them out JILL TWEEDIE It is easy and dismally enervating to think of opposition as merely perverse or actually evil -- far... JILL TWEEDIE 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans' as said by John Lennon. JILL MELTON I think, as an artist, you have to have experienced some deep turmoil, some kind of pain, because th... JILL SCOTT I like being a storyteller. I'm bored with myself; I like to write about others. I have a lot of... JILL SOBULE I was reared in a Jehovah's Witness household. I was taught that every man should be judged by h... JILL SCOTT I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on t... JILL ABRAMSON Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place. JILL SCOTT Something I've really been wanting to do, ever since 'Six Feet Under' ended, was create ... JILL SOLOWAY This is a convicted felon. This goes to a larger issue: Bob Menendez has based his entire political ... JILL HAZELBAKER We already know that kids who get put in front of TVs instead of interacting, this is not good in al... JILL STEIN Peace is an offshoot of love....it too can grow. JILL KNEER We took some of those individuals and conducted some special training on range-of-motion and other e... JILL JANSSEN It's a new gown based on one of Jackie Kennedy's favorite gowns. It was one of the only ones she eve... JILL HENNESSY If you massage a baby when asleep or physically ill with a fever, the benefits are not the same. As ... JILL VYSE I can't believe you didn't tell me you have a phone." "It is a penis move," said Ethan ag... JILL MYLES In war, there is hardly a more horrifying example of the head-long plunge into reckless militarism t... JILL STEIN I'm a minimalist Jew, but on Friday night, I celebrate Shabbat. At sundown, we light candles, sa... JILL SOLOWAY I just read that Time magazine cover story with all this information about how you have to have your... JILL CLAYBURGH To me, it wasn't 'Star Wars' that shaped me; it was more 'Mary Tyler Moore' and,... JILL SOLOWAY For me, when I'm not working, the day goes by so fast. I never have enough time - getting a mani... JILL SOLOWAY Without the kindness of strangers, where would we be? JILL JOHNSON I'm a method actor as well as a method singer. JILL SCOTT All of life seems like that. Once we settle into some phase or other, and become attached to it, som... JILL JOHNSTON Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's nev... JILL SCOTT Terry liked him a lot. I don't know how they connected. He lived close to where we were in the Dalla... JILL STAUTNER