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And speak men what they can to him he'll a... HENRY PORTER JON PORTER I had just retired and was not sure what I was going to do. I hadn't played (softball) in 35 years. ... BILL PORTER While you can sell a hot car designed for younger buyers to an old guy, you can't sell a stodgy old ... BILL PORTER Usually the soft elements rank higher than the cost. They may not pick the cheapest. We've seen this... BILL PORTER We seem to get busier every year. We continue to push ahead to be one of the top courses in the stat... BILL PORTER They can be very dangerous. They're scary places. One thing you can't argue with is, they're cheaper... BILL PORTER We had a terrific fourth quarter and finished 2005 with good momentum. Our product portfolio is very... BILL PORTER I don't in any way disparage any time I've had in the trenches because it really has made me... BILLY PORTER COLE PORTER I know plenty of actresses in their early thirties who look amazing, although there's that old s... 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DAVID PORTER Garth's music holds a magic that touches his fans of all ages, and making his titles available to ou... DAVID PORTER COLE PORTER I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. If sunbeams were weap... GEORGE PORTER Ghosts do not haunt, they regress. Just as when you need to go to sleep you think of threes or lawns... MAX PORTER It has a huge impact on probably the only subdivision that's being impacted by the changes of this i... KEVIN PORTER Once you lose your reputation, you don't mind it. BELVA PORTER Obviously, consumers just ignored all the dire warnings and kept on spending. DOUG PORTER It was just heart-wrenching to see people's outpouring of sympathy and concern. DEBORAH PORTER The bottom line is that as long as equities remain aloft, there is precious little outside of Fed ti... DOUG PORTER The overriding story for the equity market Thursday was the exuberant reaction to Mr. Greenspan's la... 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Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. 
I just signed a deal with 24 Hour Fitness. We're going to build those in the inner cities as well, .... 
Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. 
The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it... 
To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r... 
Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China."
Without God there could be no American form of government nor an American way of life. Recognition o... 
We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. 
You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." 
The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... 
The poverty found in rural areas has some characteristics that are very different from the poverty f... 
If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. 
The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... 
I have always wished the present to resemble memory: because the present can be flat at times, and b... 
I doubt if there is any problem in the world today - social, political or economic - that would not ... 
When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself. 
No, of course not. But surely you know your affair couldn't go on forever."
Let me repeat. I have not read all the work of this present generation of writing. I have not had ti... 
I hate saying corny things like "traveling incognito." But when I'm with somebody that's corny, I al... 
I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live. 
You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now. 
Life is a journey, not a destination. 
Tomorrow is tomorrow.
To him, even the momentary was momentous. 
I know,” said November. He was pale and thin lipped. He helped October out of the wooden chair. �... 
There is no greater glory than to die for love. 
Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... 
When Luke had descended into the River Styx, he would've had to focus on something important that wo... 
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A place in the sun, that's what I am aiming for... and who could ever ask for more?' -Columbine to P... 
An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now. 
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He called out to his fellow monks,'Come quickly I am tasting stars. 
Even as we live with the knowledge that each day might be our last, we don’t want to believe it. 
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No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live. 
It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in lo... 
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All the things that are in the past are in the past. 
What day is it?"
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Be present in all things and thankful for all things. 
Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is yo... 
Pero diré esto: Cuando los científicos del futuro aparezcan en mi casa con ojos robot y me digan q... 
Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there... 
The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment. 
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People always get used to beauty, though.”
Sound strategy starts with having the right goal. 
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Invest in yourself, in your education. There's nothing better. 
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Aesthetics happen. 
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The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us. 
If cats could talk, they wouldn't. 
I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them, and ... 
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It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely. 
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