Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.


Madeleine M. Kunin

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To be, or not to be, that is the question.
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To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
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To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is.
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Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy

"To go outside, and there perchance to stay
Or to re...
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To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
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The sad heart needs work to do.
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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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Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love.
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To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
when your heart touched mine,I knew then we were one.
THERESA M WILSON
To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma
DEBORAH HEILIGMAN
That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth.
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Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women...
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In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ...
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And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju...
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Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l...
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Many people may be heartbroken, but not enough to take action.
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Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly;
In my own way, and with my full consent.
Say...
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The best way to be happy is to be kind to someone.
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I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who ...
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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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Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
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The most attractive thing about you should have less to do with your face or body and more to do wit...
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Meant to be" allows for lazy. The idea of destiny alleviates anxiety; it comforts us. We stop believ...
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To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be...
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Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo...
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How to be wealthy;Birth an idea & then take it to the market place & believe that the market place w...
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It's a sheer and an utter nonsense to even think or imagine that a person can gain and retain people...
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How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing.
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How to be Great;The moment you realize & accept the ordinary fact that those doing great things toda...
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How to be great;Think of a gigantic & unheard of idea to birth & nurture & inside it lies your great...
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Stay true to yourself.Take everyday challenge in your stride & strive to make journey of life exactl...
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Be true to yourself.Give wings of confidence & courage to your endeavour. Your strength is reflected...
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Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. T...
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Be true to yourself.Let your belief & thoughts for right cause are not compromised at any cost thoug...
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Just because you love someone doesn't mean you're meant to be together.
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If you can put your mind to it anything can be achieved but to pull something out of nothing althoug...
GARY F EVANS...
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the p...
EPICTETUS
We must be more and more to each other, my dear wife.' -Charles Darwin to wife Emma upon loss of dau...
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I wish you knew how I value you; and what an inexpressible blessing it is to have one whom one can a...
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You get a job when you have the right qualifications and work experience. Similarly, individuals sho...
MADDY MALHOTRA
For me, happiness is waking up excited even though you have no particular place to go…..
CHERYL RUSHTON
We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
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Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i...
JOSEPH CONRAD
The most important decision that we can make in our lives is the decision to be happy.
DEBASISH MRIDHA
Remember to afford yourself
the same generosity
you give to others.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Be generous with your
time and energy. The harder
it is to give, the more
the other p...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Recognise how much
you have to give.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Although happiness is a state
of being, it usually still requires
some doing if it is to b...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Commit to being happy and
make the choices that will
support your commitment.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Be courageous in your
decision-making.
Stand by your choices
and never look back.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Don’t rely on the opinions of others.
Only you will know what is
right for you.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Unless you have the
courage to say ‘no’ to
the things you don’t want,
it’s ha...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Be honest with yourself.
You can’t be the best
you can be unless you know
who you r...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
It’s easy to be brave when
everything is going your way.
When the going gets tough,
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
To be happy, you need to do
the right thing for you,
even when it feels like the
hard...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Don’t take your happiness for
granted. Be proactive about
maintaining and sustaining it<...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
There is a big difference between
being self-ist and being selfish—
putting yourself fir...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
The only person who can
take responsibility for your
happiness is you.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Being the best you can be
takes courage. You need to own
your decisions and have the
...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
The most important
commitment you will ever make
is to being the best you can be.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Most people are fine with fine
and okay with okay.
If you want to be the best you
can...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Very few changes in life are
achieved without effort and a
commitment to making that effor...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
When you decide to be the best
you can be, don’t be surprised
if the circle of people yo...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Live your life with courageous
integrity. Do the right thing,
not the easy thing.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
If someone tries to undermine
your commitment, re-evaluate
your commitment to them.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Identify your driving motivation
and you will have all the
encouragement you need.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Give the people you love the
best of yourself, not the worst.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Sometimes being happy will
require some difficult conversations.
Some of those conversatio...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
Do you love me as the person that I am now, or do you love me as the person I used to be?
ANTHONY T. HINCKS
When there is no reason to be happy, that's all the reason you need to happy
SOTONYE ANGA
Don't be a slave to society!
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Quiero que [mi hijo] conozca el secreto de la felicidad, algo tan sencillo que da la impresión de q...
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Each of us is under a divinely spoken obligation to reach out with pardon and mercy and to forgive o...
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I could not sit seriously down to write a serious Romance under any other motive than to save my lif...
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Be who you want to be not what others think you should be.
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Human is what he decides to be.
ZAMAN ALI
Because I want to be remembered.
SHERMAN ALEXIE
A proverb in the Old Testament states: 'He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he t...
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Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are...
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So this is going to be drill!?
DEYTH BANGER
Is," "is," "is"—the idiocy of the word haunts me. If it were abolished, human thought might begin ...
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The Lord gives us a spirit of hope and a feeling of comfort and confidence that we can overcome the ...
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The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time...
DOUGLAS WOOD
What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not...
ELEANOR H. PORTER
If you can BE your way through it, you can find your way to it.
SUZETTE VEARNON
People know your tragedies and they treat you like
you’re not human. Like you’re a three-h...
ERIC JEROME DICKEY
There's nothing stupid about wanting to be loved. Believe me.
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Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then ...
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Many people have asked me, 'How do you make a single life a happy one? My answer is, 'Create the bes...
KRISTEN MCMAIN OAKS
As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we have a responsibility to make our m...
KRISTEN MCMAIN OAKS
Do no look for that ideal person to be with, be that ideal person.
JEFFREY FRY
If you want to be happy or if you want to be miserable—either way is your choice. So choose to be ...
DEBASISH MRIDHA
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ...
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Be nice to people... maybe it'll be unappreciated, unreciprocated, or ignored, but spread the love a...
GERMANY KENT
Life is about happiness—not about success.
DEBASISH MRIDHA

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I have a lot of different pins ... and it all kind of started as a joke, ... I do like jewelry, but ...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I'm reticent to say much more, but we would like to begin in the coming year. We'd like to s...
MADELEINE STOWE
We are seeing a shift from well-organized, local groups supported by state sponsors to more far-flun...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundra...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cr...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I believe the allegations are completely untrue,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
This dudes nuttier than squirrel shit."

-Ty Henderson
MADELEINE URBAN
I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate i...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what y...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
The authorities in Belgrade used every trick in the book to prevent a fair campaign, rig the electio...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
There is nothing inevitable about the tensions between our two countries or on the Korean peninsula ...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I grab a knife and hide, I wanna stop my life and die. But instead i just close my eyes, reach out m...
MADELEINE KUSMITCH
We have, in fact, gained because Saddam Hussein has reversed his course
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Words here are no substitute for action in the region, ... encourages extremism and diverts attentio...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
We cannot have our relationship with China held hostage to any single issue. ... This is not a one-i...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
A Wrinkle in Time,
MADELEINE L'ENGLE
With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have a life of their own, ...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE
She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely an...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE
Marines either know how to use an iron or they get married [...]. The iron is less dangerous.
MADELEINE URBAN
He also didn't like a lock of my hair and said that he couldn't get into the moment without ...
MADELEINE STOWE
Take it from someone who fled the Iron Curtain: I know what happens when you give the Russians a gre...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
MADELEINE STOWE
The (Colombian) government's ambitious eradication campaign, to date, has met with heavy resistance ...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I plan my escape by making a map in the stars. But no matter where i go i can't hide my scars. I kee...
MADELEINE KUSMITCH
I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
This is not personal, this is business,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Maybe I was just the handmaiden,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
On Taiwan, I reiterated our strong commitment to a 'one China' policy, to the importance of direct d...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
So many, so loved, have been lost.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
They are basically not engaging at all on a crucial portion of the agreement, the military portion, ...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
It was an important meeting. It was very important to have it, but we still have a lot more work to ...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I must say I am depressed about the way that that has been going on, ... We will continue to watch t...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I am very glad we had the meeting,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
For the Israelis, this means withdrawing their forces to positions prior to the onset of the crisis,...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
used every trick in the book to prevent a fair campaign, rig the election and distort the results.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
These are unlikely subjects for a one-day miracle, ... but the stakes are high and we are determined...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I know that he [Clinton] is determined and has the judgment and the ability to be a president that d...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Our message to India and Pakistan is that there should be no further nuclear testing, no deployment ...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
We must each meet our responsibilities to eliminate threats, reduce tension, build confidence and ex...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
No doubt the president will take the opportunity to try to talk to him about working together on som...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
No proof, no connection.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
will have no choice but to take strong measures.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
The very promise of it (membership) has given the nations of central and Eastern Europe an incentive...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
seize this opportunity to achieve an interim settlement agreement in Kosovo.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tal...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I go determined that those responsible for these cowardly crimes will be held accountable. I go secu...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
We welcome today's step forward,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I assure you if we decide to use force, Russia will not veto it.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
A great task has been completed and an even larger one remains,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
The Berlin Wall crumbled, Politburos resigned and governments vanished overnight. Half a million Cze...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
What a blast it is to be here with Michael Moore.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Both our governments believe that a permanent settlement must ensure real security for Israel and re...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT