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Elizabeth Wein

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ALAN LAKEIN Time equals life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master ...
ALAN LAKEIN How do you ever hold on to anybody?
ELIZABETH WEIN Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.” - Elizabet...
LINDA KAGE Your time keeps flying away into vanity while you dine with your distractions.
SUNDAY ADELAJA When nothing is left from love, you pass the back of your hand over your eyes and walk away... There...
MARIANA FULGER It is time for you to know the difference between your fears and danger! Danger is real while your f...
PHILIP T. M. There is nothing wrong with being afraid---but there is nothing more wrong than allowing that to be ...
BOBBY DARIN When an opponent declares, "I will not come over to your side," I calmly say, "Your child belongs to...
ADOLF HITLER You are not meant to serve time. Time is meant to serve you. Become the master of your now
E'YEN A. GARDNER To will is to put your emotion into your desire. Simply wanting is not desire, it is merely an undir...
STEPHEN RICHARDS It's like a chess match. It's all about execution and staying with your plays.
WALTER JONES It might be an idea for all literary critics to read the books they analyse aloud - it certainly hel...
WILL SELF Time is like a river. You can't touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed will ne...
TIMI NADELA I like to make you know your master,” Crane said. “It's only fair. The rest of the time you've g...
K.J. CHARLES Writing an examination is just like driving a car,your effort is not enough to make you pass.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your...
JANE AUSTEN An opportunity leading to your blessing can totally change your life
SUNDAY ADELAJA You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to you...
CARLY FIORINA You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to you...
CARLY FIORINA Master Griffin, I would marry my own mother for the excuse to stab my eyes out with her brooches tha...
TIFFANY REISZ I love you, Elizabeth... and more than that, I like you. I enjoy spending time with you.
NICHOLAS SPARKS True Honor is leading with Character for you have incorporated amazing moral's an values within your...
JEFFREY LEE GIBSON JR. Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they p...
WALTER PATER Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they p...
WALTER H. PATER Don’t wait until you feel like doing the right thing. Don’t wait until you feel in love with you...
ALEX KENDRICK Your Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, the perfect timing for your learning it, and the id...
PETER MCWILLIAMS Your Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, the perfect timing for your learning it, and the id...
PETER MCWILLIAMS Your Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, the perfect timing for your learning it, and the id...
PETER MCWILLIAMS A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.
CAROLYN G. HEILBRUN You are your master. Only you have the master keys to open the inner locks.
AMIT RAY Throughout your life you will meet thousands of people, but every once in a while, you feel instant ...
SUSAN C. YOUNG There is nothing like seeing the man you love with your child.
ALYSSA MILANO Never compete with your master, because that is disrespect to him! You are your only rival, you comp...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN With literary biographies, you're either shelved with other biographies or next to your subject&...
BLAKE BAILEY Consciously, bring an unconscious act into your consciousness where you can master it...then, once m...
RODNEY LOVELL When you feel like a puppet and caught in a rut of life, would you consider your government as your ...
FRANCESCO NICHOLAS CECE You must not allow any of your time to pass by without adding value to yourself and reproducing your...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Maybe that's what it all comes down to. Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit t...
EMILY GIFFIN I think the only time individual awards really impress upon you as a kid is when you get to share th...
GENO AURIEMMA While you cannot resolve what your are, at last you will be nothing.
MARTIAL Make money your master & it will master your affairs & flee,but make money your servant & it will se...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) To become the king of your territory you must not allow any of your time pass without converting it ...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Your letter is nothing more than lip service to the idea of negotiations while you prepare your moti...
HENRY REICHARD Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama.
RAM DASS I suppose you could pass for a starlet. You do have that femme fatale air about you. Like you crush ...
JANETTE RALLISON I await your sentence with less fear than you pass it. The time will come when all will see what I s...
GIORDANO BRUNO Who's your Jedi master? WHO'S your Jedi Master?
YODA I seem to be good at asking for trouble.
ELIZABETH WEIN Winners take charge. Whatever you cannot master will become your master.
BENJAMIN SUULOLA To master your enemy, is to master their mind. Once you own their mind, you own them...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Never hire anyone who is going to report directly to you who you do not intuitively just plain like ...
FRED CHARETTE You don't need to justify your love, you don't need to explain your love, you just need to practice ...
MIGUEL RUIZ Oh, Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer!
ARTHUR MILLER Oh,Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer.
ARTHUR MILLER When you campaign and have to participate in so many debates just to the win the nomination of your ...
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER That is a terrifically intimate thing, you know? Letting a stranger light your cigarette. Leaning fo...
ELIZABETH WEIN if you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and u...
CHERYL RICHARDSON Surround yourself with activities that are goal oriented and leading you automatically to fulfilling...
SUNDAY ADELAJA If you allow any minute of your time to pass without converting it into products, you will soon real...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Instead of treating your child like how you were treated. Treat them with the same love and attentio...
JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT Mastering the art of negotiation involves leading the other person to your conclusion while having t...
THOMAS J. POWELL Your are in charge. You have the ability to master you destiny.
MICHAEL J. MCCARTHY Opportunities are like sunrise; everywhere. Desire is the starting point. Your soul guides you along...
LILY CHATTERJEE Follow your dreams, not the oppositions that arise within you and out of you. It is time to play the...
PHILIP T. M. Nothing makes you more vulnerable than your refusal to be honest with yourself.You can suppress the ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Your legacy left behind after your death is like your fingerprints while you are alive ~ it defines ...
PADDICK VAN ZYL Ask yourself, “How will I feel about thi smoment of hardtime?” This one, too, really will pass. ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If your not teaching a path worthy of leading to follow, you are mislead with useless skill
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JANE BIDDLE Nothing inspires music lovers like direct contact with a true master,
DAN MURPHY Season your admiration for a while With an attent ear. . . .
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The years pass you by while engaging on life threatening substances, all the beers you slosh turns i...
ARIEL S BRITO When your life feels like you're on a sailboat, with no wind to fill your sails, there are still cho...
JAMES A. MURPHY Arguing with your Boss is like wrestling with a pig in mud. After a while you realize that while you...
ANONYMOUS You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You ...
NAPOLEON HILL It's an incentive to try a practice. For example with chicken litter, you try it one time and if you...
RON HARRIS I know what it's like to squander all your hours and all your tears and all your heart on something ...
SOPHIE KINSELLA If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle? Are you th...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Ain't nothing like having your feet on the ground and seeing the sites with your own eyeballs.
TOM OWEN Time is like a half stick of gum. While you wish you had more, you're still glad you have some to co...
TRAVIS J HEDRICK My Christmas wish: To feel your arms around me, to have your lips on mine, and to hold you close one...
D.S. MIXELL When you reset your mindset, you will be amazed that while nothing has changed, everything has chang...
THOMAS J. POWELL Capability-based strategy-execution is the only path leading to a sustainable digital transformation...
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ROBERT W. MERRIWEATHER The real you suffocates under the layers of your learned identity. Uncover the layers so you can tru...
FRANKLIN GILLETTE Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tr...
NANCY PEARCEY The only way to saturate the earth with your products like Steve Jobs is to invest your time doing w...
SUNDAY ADELAJA If your husband's going to leave you for anyone, it might as well be Elizabeth Taylor.
DEBBIE REYNOLDS The past will be your teacher if you learn from it; your master if you live in it.
STEVE MARABOLI I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium.
MARJANE SATRAPI Each Thread Wallet comes with a key ring to attach your keys, gym pass, lanyard, etc. Thread Wallets...
WALLET An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your...
JANE AUSTEN Healthy disagreement, debate, leading to compromise has always been the American way.
DONALD L. CARCIERI Love is the best thing there ever is. There’s no words to describe it. You wouldn’t be able to f...
UZAIR ALAM Passion makes you hungry for knowledge in your field, and knowledge fuels your confidence, which mak...
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ELIZABETH GILBERT I crossed the street to walk in the sunshine.
ELIZABETH GILBERT I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water.
ELIZABETH GILBERT I met an old lady once, almost a hundred years old, and she told me, 'There are only two questions t...
ELIZABETH GILBERT Operation Self-Esteem--Day Fucking One.
ELIZABETH GILBERT Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you wan...
ELIZABETH GILBERT I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill ...
ELIZABETH GILBERT One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which govern the sexual ex...
ELIZABETH GILBERT It all goes away. Eventually, everything goes away.
ELIZABETH GILBERT The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than stayin...
ELIZABETH GILBERT Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.
ELIZABETH GILBERT There’s a crack (or cracks) in everyone…that’s how the light of God gets in.
ELIZABETH GILBERT In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding they be what we need o...
ELIZABETH GILBERT I think I deserve something beautiful.
ELIZABETH GILBERT The Bhagavad Gita--that ancient Indian Yogic text--says that it is better to live your own destiny i...
ELIZABETH GILBERT Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.
ELIZABETH GILBERT To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced
life.
ELIZABETH GILBERT When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a m...
ELIZABETH GILBERT Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, an...
ELIZABETH GILBERT