Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of the irritant, but at the end of the day, you know you have a pearl.
Ken Burns
Related You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Somewhere along the line, the pearl would be handed to me. JACK KEROUAC She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than... NEIL GAIMAN The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN If you have read this far in the chronicle of the Baudelaire orphans - and I certainly hope you have... LEMONY SNICKET The gold lamp, Xerxes, is probably the most important thing in your life. NISHI SINGH The gold, lamp, Xerxes, is probably the most important thing in your life. NISHI SINGH I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY You know, entertainment is just a curtain at the end of the day. AUBREY O'DAY We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL At the end of the day, you know yourself best. ABIGAIL JOHNSON At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away. LAKSHMI MITTAL Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE The Planet depends upon you, Rider of the Ancient Years! NISHI SINGH I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn't. CHARLES BUKOWSKI In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. MARGARET ATWOOD Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Love is a growing, or full constant light, And his first minute, after noon, is night. JOHN DONNE At the end of the day, I'm a man. DANIEL CORMIER At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the mirac... DAN COLEN The thing is, at the end of the day you still have to face yourself. DAVE PELZER At the end of the day, you have to go out on the grass and perform. KIRBY SMART Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Weird makes you truly sexy in a way the world can never know. CRAIG GROESCHEL I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES The Dream of a Queer Fellow I write the words again and they appear doubly pregnant with meaning. It... JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES You really want to make sure that you have fun, at the end of the day. If it's not fun, what'... AYELET ZURER A tiny little baby!' says Tam. 'People look at me like I'm an animal. People who don't know me judge... JON RONSON Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a... CAROL ANN DUFFY I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON At the end of the day, there are people out there that want to see you fail. VICTOR CRUZ At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person, don't forget you're a moth... INDRA NOOYI At the end of the day, you have to look at, 'Are they knowledgeable? Are they doing their job?... COLIN KAEPERNICK At the end of the day, it's all about money. GARRY KASPAROV I'm a pleaser, but it's not a good thing because you forget about pleasing yourself at the e... NIKKI BELLA Trust In Every Words, And You Will Believe In Your Works. EIZZA ZAIZALNIZAM She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind happiness not always... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Farming is the oldest profession on earth SOTONYE ANGA He said it was the kind of book you made your own. STEPHEN CHBOSKY No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estóma... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS He had what he called just a small ration of tools: A painted book. A handful of pencils.<... MARKUS ZUSAK The End is Nigh!" the man shouted. "Is there still time for hot chocolate?" Riley asked. T... JANA OLIVER It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there. PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU Let me finish my beer." (Stark) "Of course. The end of the world can wait.(Kasabian) RICHARD KADREY Only the strong will remain, all the weak will be consumed by fire BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, wi... THE BOOK OF THE DEAD When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t... THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about fami... ROD STEWART If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life. BILL WATTERSON In the end it doesn't matter what you do. HARRISON BIRTWISTLE Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel. DON RICKLES Here was one with an air of high nobility such as Aragorn at times revealed, less high perhaps, yet ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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I'll care fo... ROBERT BURNS To liken them to your auld-warld squad,
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from the poem
The Cotter’s Saturday Ni... ROBERT BURNS Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blu... ROBERT BURNS What's a' your jargon o' your schools,
Your Latin names for horns and stools;
If honest nature... ROBERT BURNS G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
But twenty times I... ROBERT BURNS Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes!
My peace with these, my love with those.
The burstin... ROBERT BURNS Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots,
Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;-
If there's a hole ... ROBERT BURNS O Scotia! my dear, my native soil!
For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent;
Long may thy h... ROBERT BURNS But pleasures are like poppies spread;
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
Or like the sn... ROBERT BURNS Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn! ROBERT BURNS The mother may forget the child
That smiles sae sweetly on her knee;
But I'll remember thee, G... ROBERT BURNS O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blund... ROBERT BURNS My dear, my native soil!
For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent,
Long may thy hardy sons o... ROBERT BURNS Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure
Thrill the deepest notes of wo. ROBERT BURNS Some wee short hour ayont the twal. ROBERT BURNS The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn,
And violets bathe in the wet o' the morn. ROBERT BURNS Now blooms the lily by the bank,
The primrose down the brae;
The hawthorn's budding in the gle... ROBERT BURNS Mourn, little harebells, o'er the lea;
Ye stately foxgloves fair to see!
Ye woodbines, hanging... ROBERT BURNS The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that. ROBERT BURNS A prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and a' that;
But an honest man's aboon his ... ROBERT BURNS A man's a man for a' that! ROBERT BURNS Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin'... ROBERT BURNS Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. ROBERT BURNS Suspense is worse than disappointment. ROBERT BURNS Hear how he clears the points o' Faith
Wi' rattling an' thumpin'!
Now meekly calm, now wild in... ROBERT BURNS There's some are fou o' love divine,
There's some are fou' o' brandy. ROBERT BURNS The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip
To laud the wretch in order;
But where ye feel your hono... ROBERT BURNS Liberty's in every blow!
Let us do or die. ROBERT BURNS Comin' through the rye, poor body,
Comin' through the rye,
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
... ROBERT BURNS My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer. ROBERT BURNS Now a' is done that men can do,
And a' is done in vain. ROBERT BURNS We twa hae run about the braes,
And pu'd the gowans fine. ROBERT BURNS His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony,
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither--
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