Ishmael Reed
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and they never forget a single m... OM BENIWAL You can not change what happened or bring back the past. But you can change the future by being stro... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS JEAN-LUC GODARD LAILAH GIFTY AKITA If we could have the ability to change the past and right our wrongs would it make us learn from any... GARY F EVANS... To be in a time of technological change and advancement is an awesome thought indeed as long as it i... GARY F EVANS... Do not be afraid of failure, it is part of the learning process SOTONYE ANGA DEYTH BANGER 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. JAMES MARSHALL JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN JEFFREY R. HOLLAND And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju... JOAN BAUER THOMAS S. MONSON Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l... JUSTINA CHEN No one wants to be known as a six-inning guy. DREW POMERANZ In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA WENDELL BERRY CHARLES BUKOWSKI Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI CRAIG GROESCHEL ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH DEBASISH MRIDHA DEBASISH MRIDHA I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH DEBASISH MRIDHA People live for eating,but
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Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... 
How wild it was, to let it be. 
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... 
To be, or not to be, that is the question. 
You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married."
To be or not to be. That's not really a question. 
Be yourself, be who you can be. 
To be lazy is stupid, to be a muscle machine is a crazy thing... and how far we go or father we all ... 
Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women... 
In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ... 
There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we ... 
How to be a Poet (to remind myself)
if it doesn't come bursting out of you
When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you. 
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It is better to be a pragmatist than a lunatic. 
It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill. 
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Not everyone has the time to be normal. 
Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be you... 
I never said to be like me, I say be yourself and make a difference. 
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I will not read the last page of novels first," I said, and then punched myself in the face.
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When everyone has a microphone, you can't hear anything. Choose one voice carefully and listen in. 
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Human is what he decides to be. 
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Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are... 
Is," "is," "is"—the idiocy of the word haunts me. If it were abolished, human thought might begin ... 
The financial crisis is a stark reminder that transparency and disclosure are essential in today'... 
We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibi... 
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I don't like doing most things unless I can do them quite well. 
Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true. 
You can buy ice cream for two cans and hamburger and chips for six cans. 
I'm so excited. I can't wait to get involved. 
I come from a family of painters. My dad Ken is still a working artist. His dad used to paint as a h... 
Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony. 
I tried to give up drugs by drinking. 
In Hollywood if you don't have happiness you send out for it. 
I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine. 
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