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We all have to die a bit every now and then and usually it's so gradual that we end up more alive… — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
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What a thrill, what a shock, to be alive on a morning in June, prosperous, almost scandalously privileged, with a simple errand… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
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The incomparable Michael Jackson has made a bigger impact on music than any other artist in the history of music. He was… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
So many people say, "I just don't have a good job, or my marriage is not where it's supposed to be." Really… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Rather, it is the opening or the interruption that allows us to experience what is hidden, and to accept with our hearts… — Nathaniel Dorsky Copy Share Image
No matter how strong our resolve, we eventually find ourselves enslaved by the compulsive preference for one particular woman. You’ve been caught,… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
The everyday brain could be dubbed "the baseline brain," because it operates at the minimum functioning to keep you alive and healthy.… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Space expands or contracts in the tensions and functions through which it exists. Space is not a static, inert thing. Space is… — Hans Hofmann Copy Share Image
There are, indeed, few merrier spectacles than that of many windmills bickering together in a fresh breeze over a woody country; their… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I am resolved to rise superior to every obstacle. With whom need I be afraid of measuring my strength? I will take… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
Well, you know what? If that guy can do it, I can be myself too, and if that rapper can be himself… — Lil B Copy Share Image
If watching television doesn't hasten death, it surely manages to make death very inviting; for television so shamelessly sentimentalizes and romanticizes death… — John Irving Copy Share Image
He'll die first, we both know it, but I don't know... I really don't know how long I'll stay alive without him.… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
The crowning evidence that Jesus was alive was not a vacant grave, but a spirit-filled fellowship. Not a rolled away stone, but… — Clarence Jordan Copy Share Image
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Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
I'm 23, so I'm not done with my life. But acting, definitely, out of what I've done so far, makes me feel… — Grace Gummer Copy Share Image
There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
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Entranced by the flight of a raven, I watch its shadow move effortlessly against golden, shimmering granite. I long to be that… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
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I think a person permeates a spot, and a lost presence makes the environment timeless to me, keeps an area alive. It… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
I'm like a woman scorned. I'm prepared to continue to kick their fanny until the last day I'm alive on this Earth… — Trent Lott Copy Share Image
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There have been three times. Once I got in a car accident and shattered my finger. A few years ago I didn't… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I am only so beautiful as the character of my relationships, only so rich as I enrich those around me, only so… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
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