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You always hear about fashion's success stories. How a starlet lost an earring one night and by the next morning, the entire… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
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No scientist or student of science, need ever read an original work of the past. As a general rule, he does not… — C.P. Snow Copy Share Image
Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I ought to respect myself for my friends' sake, and my children's. It is time, at fifty-six, to begin, at least, to… — John Constable Copy Share Image
The movie Fifty Shades of Grey is considerably better written than the book. It is also sort of classy-looking, in a generic,… — Lisa Schwarzbaum Copy Share Image
There are two hundred and fifty-six names given in the Bible for the Lord Jesus Christ, and I suppose this was because… — Billy Sunday Copy Share Image
A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?… — Confucius Copy Share Image
One word characterizes the most strenuous of the efforts for the advancement of science that I have made perservereingly during fifty-five years;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
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There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn't fool… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Every [Alaskan] has witnessed climate change over the past fifty years. Our winters are warmer, our summers are longer, and our Arctic… — Ray Metcalfe Copy Share Image
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People lose fifty million skin cells every day. The cells get scraped off and turn into invisible dust, and disappear into the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Between the ages of twenty and fifty, John Doe spends some twenty thousand hours chewing and swallowing food, more than eight hundred… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
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Who ever he is, I agree with your mother," said Dad as he entered the kitchen. "Stay away from him. Stay away… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
When I visited Auschwitz I was horrified. And when I visited Iraq, I thought to myself, 'What will we tell our children… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
We all want the chance to express the very best of ourselves and to be challenged to keep reaching for more. Our… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
If fifty men did all the work, / And gave the price to five, / And let those five make all the… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
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Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
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It's an old habit of mine, Wal'r," said the Captain, "any time these fifty year. When you see Ned Cuttle bite his… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Every now and then I'll read a book, I'll be so proud of myself, I'll try and squeeze it into conversation. People… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
At fifteen, my mind was bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I… — Confucius Copy Share Image
One thing I feel clear about is that it's important not to let your life live you. Otherwise, you end up at… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
To claim "humanitarian motives" when the motive is envy and its supposed appeasement, is a favorite rhetorical device of politicians today, and… — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
According to Melissa Mailey, we now live in a world where kings and noblemen rule the roost. And they've turned all of… — Michael Stearns Copy Share Image
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After about midday my dad sent cars from his private collection for us. We were told to get in. We had almost… — Raghad Hussein Copy Share Image
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