To like something is to waste time; a true master must be passionate.


Rory O'Cleary

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Be true to yourself.Let your belief & thoughts for right cause are not compromised at any cost thoug...
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Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love.
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Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly;
In my own way, and with my full consent.
Say...
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I could not sit seriously down to write a serious Romance under any other motive than to save my lif...
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I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n...
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A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung...
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To be, or not to be, that is the question.
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To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
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Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD
I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning -- organize.
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To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need.
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when your heart touched mine,I knew then we were one.
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To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others.
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More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma
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That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth.
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Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women...
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In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ...
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And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju...
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There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we ...
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Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l...
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It seems like such a waste of energy to be fighting over something like this.
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Be true to yourself & your feelings.They will never let you down.
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Be true to yourself & take responsibility of your action.
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Respect your own self being.Don’t compromise by living someone else life.
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Being true to self is better than being liar to impress & influence other.
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Being true to self is the biggest accomplishment.You are born original, remain original by virtue of...
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When you are true to yourself, you are completely honest with what you feel, deeply value, and desir...
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Be true to yourself. Being true to yourself is most effective way to make you proud of yourself.Make...
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Inculcate virtue of being true to self.Being true to self will arm you with high self esteem & keep ...
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Being true to oneself is the most personally valuable skill one can acquire, for it leads to genuine...
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Be honest to yourself & follow your dreams.Stay true to yourself because it’s only you who will ma...
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Follow your passion,remain true & loyal to yourself,be master of own motivation & inspiration , life...
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But the examinations are the chief bugbears of my college life. Although I have faced them many time...
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...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than u...
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I am free to choose my own actions. Indeed, like everyone else, I must be so. A good act that is com...
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What is it really like to be engaged?" asked Anne curiously.

"Well, that all depends on ...
L.M. MONTGOMERY
Popularity ends on yearbook day-Respect stays forever.
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If you have to ask, you've never been in love. More than that, you've never had your feelings hurt b...
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When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain b...
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I didn’t study medicine to watch people die." -Kira
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But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel t...
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That's wrong," she declared. "Everyone must have one thing that they can excel at. It's just a matte...
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There’s only one question that matters, Ms. Lane, and it’s the one you never get around to askin...
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Girls you are stronger than you know.. If you don't like being treated like a doormat the get the f*...
KELLY ELLIOTT
I’m like that. Either I forget right away or I never forget.
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How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
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Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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I don't like playing playstation. It seems like a waste of time to me. Reading, instead, leaves some...
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Con el tiempo uno se acostumbra a todo.
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Do not waste your time trying to solve your cross.A cross is not a problem and cannot be solved but ...
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The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
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Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
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Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
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The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO
Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
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We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
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Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
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I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
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We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
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A Ritual to Read to Each Other


If you don’t know the kind of person I am
and...
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Be yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.

Style is King, 2008.
SUZY KASSEM
I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning - organize.
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if we're really meant to be together, someday we're going to find our way back to each other.
ALEXANDER A. MANANTAN
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
GOLDA MEIR
To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is.
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Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy

"To go outside, and there perchance to stay
Or to re...
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Meant to be" allows for lazy. The idea of destiny alleviates anxiety; it comforts us. We stop believ...
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To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
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Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:
I am not commanding you, but I ...
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To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.
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I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me.
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As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the...
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You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on...
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You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
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Just when it seems like life is getting good, something always has to come along and ruin it.
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Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.
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I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to discover. I d...
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Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is.
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How to be a Poet (to remind myself)

Make a place to sit down.
Sit down. Be quiet. <...
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if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it...
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We must understand the need for perfectionism is a corrosive waste of time, because nothing is ever ...
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A serious adult story must be true to something in life. Since marvel tales cannot be true to the ev...
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Unless it's mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it's a waste of your time. There are too many medio...
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A bachelor must not waste time looking for a faultless woman to marry her.
VIKRANT PARSAI
How to be wealthy;Birth an idea & then take it to the market place & believe that the market place w...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
How to be Great;The moment you realize & accept the ordinary fact that those doing great things toda...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
How to be great;Think of a gigantic & unheard of idea to birth & nurture & inside it lies your great...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. T...
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Just because you love someone doesn't mean you're meant to be together.
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