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James Lindast

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JAMES DASHNER
Some third person decides your fate: this is the whole essence of bureaucracy.
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As bright examples of great qualities are but too uncommon among Christians, so are they singular an...
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It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become.
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And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually.
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For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece tha...
THE WEEKND
I'm the most boring person to talk to.
THE WEEKND
Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.
THE TALMUD
He who promises runs in debt.
THE TALMUD
For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude.
THE WEEKND
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not ...
THE BIBLE
Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.
THE TALMUD
Who is wise? One who learns from all.
THE TALMUD
The end result of wisdom is... good deeds.
THE TALMUD
Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and tha...
THE EDGE
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
THE TALMUD
No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.
THE TALMUD
If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.
THE TALMUD
Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow.
THE TALMUD
This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.
THE TALMUD
Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving proc...
THE KORAN
When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.
THE TALMUD
This is the sum of all -- righteousness. In causing pleasure or in giving pain, in doing good or inj...
THE MAHABHARTA
The sun will set without thy assistance.
THE TALMUD
A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed...
THE TALMUD
Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet.
THE TALMUD
Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more...
THE TALMUD
Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.
THE TALMUD
The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it.
THE TALMUD
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
THE TALMUD
To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong
THE TALMUD
Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while goo...
THE TALMUD
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
THE TALMUD
The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousnes...
THE TALMUD
Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for scriptur...
THE TALMUD
Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.
THE TALMUD
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
THE BIBLE
Know Ye not ... that the spirit of God dwelleth within you?
THE BIBLE
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.
THE BIBLE
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ru...
THE BIBLE
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. The words of a wise ma...
THE BIBLE
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
THE BIBLE
Strength and honor are her clothing: and she shall rejoice in time to come.
THE BIBLE
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom...
THE BIBLE
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way, a...
THE BIBLE
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are ...
THE BIBLE
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
THE BIBLE
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
THE BIBLE
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
THE BIBLE
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of...
THE BIBLE
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall pre...
THE BIBLE
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their...
THE BIBLE
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is...
THE BIBLE
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou cri...
THE BIBLE
Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
THE BIBLE
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
THE BIBLE
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
THE BIBLE
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged...
THE BIBLE
And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great te...
THE BIBLE
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see t...
THE BIBLE
He who works his land will have abundant food.
THE BIBLE
God helps those who persevere.
THE KORAN
Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
THE TALMUD
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords...
THE BIBLE
The highest form of wisdom is kindness
THE TALMUD
The burden is equal to the horse's strength.
THE TALMUD
Be eager to fulfill the smallest duty and flee from transgression for one duty includes another and ...
THE TALMUD
Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.
THE TALMUD
Sheep follow sheep.
THE TALMUD
Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
THE TALMUD
When you're traveling constantly, every day you become inspired, and it shows in my work, sonica...
THE WEEKND
This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make u...
THE MENTOR
For an Ethiopian mother, if you have a chubby kid, it means you're doing something good.
THE WEEKND
The Joker that Christopher Nolan created in 'The Dark Knight' had the scar across his mouth,...
THE WEEKND
'Trilogy' was more of a claustrophobic body of work. Before it was released, I hadn't le...
THE WEEKND
The big cop-out would be to accept popularity rather than opting to try to create potent work. It...
THE EDGE
It wasn’t that everything was going my way, but I began to believe that the way it was going was p...
THE HIPPIE
Take that rage, put it on a page, take the page to the stage, blow the roof off the place.
THE SCRIPT
It was strange that in some sort of Jeffrey Dahmer meets Ghandi way I was
able to love myself f...
THE HIPPIE
I don't think I'd ever apologise for music I make, no.
THE WEEKND
My closet is like Bart Simpson's.
THE WEEKND
I knew the second I finished the first record - 'House Of Balloons' - and had all this mater...
THE WEEKND
Prince turned experimental music into pop music. 'When Doves Cry,' the whole 'Purple Rai...
THE WEEKND
'House of Balloons' was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there wer...
THE WEEKND
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
THE TALMUD
Policeman says, "Son you can't stay here"
I said, "There's someone I'm waiting for if it's a da...
THE SCRIPT
All religions, in their pure form, will tell you God is Love. And power, fear, division, judgment, o...
THE TRUTH
'Kiss Land' wasn't about what people wanted to hear on the radio. It was the state of mi...
THE WEEKND
The caterpillar turns to liquid before turning into a butterfly. Liquid. Thus washing away any speck...
THE HIPPIE
Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good ...
THE TALMUD
He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one tra...
THE TALMUD
Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.
THE DHAMMAPADA
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.
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How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happe...
THE TALMUD
You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think
THE TALMUD
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Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.
JAMES BEATTIE
Besides great climates and lovely beaches, California and Greece share a fondness for dysfunctional ...
JAMES SUROWIECKI
I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up.
LEBRON JAMES
Bulls don't read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the ...
JAMES BUCHAN
We have two programs dealing with bulletproof vests, two different systems of actually distributing ...
JAMES LANKFORD
For me, the bulimia was about stuffing my emotions. So I stopped suppressing my feelings.
CHERYL JAMES
As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to ...
JAMES GLEICK
The fact is, an America's Cup team is more than a sailing team. It's anywhere from sort of 8...
JAMES SPITHILL
Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which c...
JAMES MADISON
They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
JAMES STOCKDALE
The rise of computer crime and armed robbery has not eliminated the lure of caged cash.
JAMES CHILES
I think most people read and re-read the things that they have liked. That's certainly true in m...
JAMES LAUGHLIN
I have made things for Calvin Klein and other designers, and it's interesting to see the way eac...
JAMES TURRELL
I don't consider myself to be incredibly confident, or really lacking in confidence. When you...
JAMES CORDEN
The Macau casinos have a wonderful business, it's taking in money from Chinese businessmen elsew...
JAMES CHANOS
I chose to deal with the science of cryptography. Cryptography began in mathematics. Codes were deve...
JAMES SANBORN
I think true economic class unhappiness comes from when across the street someone has a new Cadillac...
JAMES GRAY
Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I car...
ETTA JAMES