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Sometimes people think if someone has depression, that person must be a broken Mormon. We believe that righteousness is happiness, but what… — Hank Smith Copy Share Image
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The language of commerce has been engineered to describe the overt purpose of a thing, but cannot encompass fringe benefits or peripheral… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Some years down the pike, we're going to get the real solution, which is going to be a combination of death panels… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
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A great teacher once taught me that you've got to have faith that everything happens for the best. I have had many… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
When running to fill a time quota, however, the reverse happens. You can't make that time pass any faster by rushing, so… — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
In our road through life we may happen to meet with a man casting a stone reverentially to enlarge the cairn of… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
It just so happens that people aren't doing comedy about abortion or cannibalism or waterboarding. And that to me doesn't necessarily mean… — Rob McElhenney Copy Share Image
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There's a grand tradition of a lot of interesting stuff that happens to these post-presidents. Especially in this day and age where… — David Mandel Copy Share Image
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I'M HOPELESS, because I've lived long enough to expect things like this to continue to happen. I'm not surprised and at some… — Benjamin Watson Copy Share Image
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It's so weird to turn on a switch and be the role model for all women, for all African-Americans. That doesn't happen… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
In all our losses, all our gains, In all our pleasures, all our pains, The life of life is: Love remains. In… — Theodore Tilton Copy Share Image
Sometimes you read a script, and you just think, 'Wow, I would love to go and tell that story, and I don't… — Jim Sturgess Copy Share Image
Whereas if I want to create a prostitute character now from memories of different prostitutes and inventing stuff, I can say, "this… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
There's an imbalance when if a woman goes out for a walk at 3 in the morning and something happens to her… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
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Detroit is a metaphor for America, for America's challenges and America's opportunities. It is a hothouse for new innovation, for ingenuity and… — Darren Walker Copy Share Image
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