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If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS
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My brother Shane and I used to spar with each other in the kitchen. We didn't have gloves, so we... TYSON FURY
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When I first moved to L.A., I didn't have a lot of money to join a gym or take classes, so I imp... ANNALYNNE MCCORD Voter apathy is a civic abdication.
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We're African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jac... BEYONCE KNOWLES That attitude that I wouldn't succeed didn't come from my family; it came from school and th...
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Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of ever... 
Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change. 
Travel is an exercise partly in broadening yourself and partly in defining your own limits. 
The grave's a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace. 
John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it! 
Our Union: It must be preserved. 
I hate bullies. I hate them. I'm not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them. 
If the only way you could read an email was to run a mile first, the urge would quickly die. Human b... 
Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. St... 
Great investors need to have the right combination of intuition, business sense and investment talen... 
I hope we business people can invest more aggressively outside Metro Manila, whether in real estate,... 
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violen... 
Most actors hate readthroughs - they're exposing themselves before they're ready to, and bef... 
The most common objection that I hear to walking as exercise is that it's too easy, that only sw... 
You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb. 
Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upo... 
Naodyma isn’t exactly a one-temple town, you know. 
My risk tolerance is higher than some people's, but it's not nearly as high as some people&#... 
We have to treat smoking as a major public health issue. We have to reduce the extent to which young... 
I believe in the simple things--the classic beginning of once upon a time, that good conquers evil i... 
As truly as God by His power once
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Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. A... 
What we define ourselves us can sometimes bring forth the best images of ourselves--or vice versa, w... 
Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril. 
We’re all seeking that special person who is right for us. But if you’ve been through enough rel... 
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination. 
A while ago?” Anaxantis asked. “Yes, he raped me a while ago. Exactly nine months and two days a... 
It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. 
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anyt... 
The Noble Lord advocates Union, what doth such a union mean? When the Smaller unites with the greate... 
When you awaken to what I call the Authentic Self, which is the spiritual or evolutionary impulse, w... 
I knew a very wise man of Sir Christopher Musgrave 
Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result... 
The real acid test of courage is to be just your honest self when everybody is trying to be like som... 
There is no shame in finding someone else to be attractive, or good company. Even if they don't like... 
People who do not love themselves can adore others, because adoration is making someone else big and... 
Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche. 
He used statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts; for support rather than illumination. 
If a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nati... 
There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are ... 
Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumst... 
Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for l... 
Avoid competency traps. Do not stay only where you are good at things, Go out and be challenged. 
And all the way, to guide their chime,
With falling oars they kept the time. 
Two Paradises t'were in one, to live in Paradise alone. 
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When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, b... 
You can't afford to get sick, and you can't depend on the present health care system to keep... 
'Affinity' is beautiful and intense, with no laughs. It's a rather delicate and emotiona... 
I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means th... 
As an adolescent, Spider-Man was what got me through tough times in terms of being a skinny kid. 
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The adaptive markets hypothesis says that all economic institutions, like our own species, develop a... 
Clearly the human story is one of acceleration. There has been a Moore curve in terms of the number ... 
I am a vigilant monarchist. I want to see things evolve. The direction the monarchy seems to be movi... 
I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting 'Sense and Sensibility.' It was ... 
The jellyfish doesn't actively move anywhere - it's just moved with the tides. Is that what ... 