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Related By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things ... SARAH DARER LITTMAN Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... NANETTE L. AVERY If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave ... MITCH ALBOM One day a little chicken was being mocked by the other chickens,because she was small and they were ... GARY F EVANS... I'm a thinker. That is what I do, in great depth and detail, every waking moment of the day. I like ... BRIAN HERBERT Unification of differences is power. SHESH NATH VERNWAL To know wisdom is to be all knowledgeable ,to use that knowledge for the greater good is to no that ... GARY F EVANS... How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. 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MATSHONA DHLIWAYO There'll be a whole lot of things you ain't gonna want to do, but you'll have to do in this life jus... MILDRED D. TAYLOR The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it. DANNY KAYE Would you want you as a friend? PETER STROPLE In her experience it was very difficult to offer a man affection and kindness without giving him the... 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DANSBURY A successful teacher is one who has atleast 2 students in his class, one who sees no reason to study... APURVA GAGLANI As a coach, you look at your team a little more critically than others do. But you do respect the fa... MARK MITCHELL With two guys on, you have to go after them with your best pitch, and for me, that is a fastball. Th... BOBBY JENKS With film, what you see is what you get and you can't manipulate the data to try to see it a little ... ETTA PISANO If you give children the freedom to do very little, quite a lot will do very little. JASPER FFORDE You are dealing with more of a global marketplace, a standardized marketplace. You have to compete a... DOUG WOODS With a thriller, you're going to have your red herrings, as different suspects are thrown up as ... MARTIN HENDERSON Normally, I think the people you would use on your first film, it would be a real struggle to bring ... JILL SOLOWAY Sometimes, heaven is no more than just a little time you spend with someone you love. OUSSAMA HEDHLI With animated film, you have to create the sonic world; there's nothing there. You get to color ... HANS ZIMMER It takes a CONSTANT flowing of gas from the cylinder to keep the fire burning under your pot. “WOO... OLAOTAN FAWEHINMI You have to have a sense of humor. Countering a novel and a movie is a little bit like fighting agai... BRIAN FINNERTY they were all ordinary until they took the extraordinary steps with courage to leave the extraordina... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You can make it if you try, push a little harder, think a little deeper. SLY STONE A godmother is always there and genuine.The help she has given will never be forgotten but will glis... GARY F EVANS... If tomorrow was yesterday then yesterday would be tomorrow, if we think about the past why not think... GARY F EVANS... Start seeing a way for yourself. Stop seeing a way for others. 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SUSAN HAMPSHIRE If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more tree... SUSAN GEORGE The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured m... SUSAN SONTAG When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. SUSAN SARANDON In all my novels, a sense of place - not just geographic but social - is a critical element. I have ... SUSAN WIGGS To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time. SUSAN SONTAG I always try to avoid looking at the section where my books would be shelved, but I do know that my ... SUSAN CHOI It become totally untenable to me that after acting for 25 years - I've played Juliet, Cleopatra... SUSAN STRASBERG My women students openly admit that they dress for interviews like dates, hoping to look their best:... SUSAN ESTRICH I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. ... SUSAN ORLEAN