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Oh you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
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You can't remember sex. You can remember the fact of it, and recall the setting, and even the details, but the sex… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
Everybody reading the same book at the same time pulls people together. It does start a conversation. If you're going to read… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
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I learned early on that it's heartbreaking to - there's the editor that comes in, and then they have to craft the… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
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The best helps to growth in grace are the ill usage, the affronts, and the losses which befall us. We should receive… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
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I saw someone lose $100 million in one night. When you watch that, as an owner-operator of a game, you realize that… — Molly Bloom Copy Share Image
Too many families and homes remain unnecessarily vulnerable to natural disasters like hurricanes. While mitigation will never eliminate the risk to homeowners,… — Tom Rooney Copy Share Image
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Rarely is the pain of losing someone expressed with such directness, energy, and, yes, humor. The grief in Evan Kuhlman'sWolf Boyis palpable,… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
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There are two reasons why man loses contact with the regulating center of his soul. One of them is that some single… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
A counter-attack can only arise when you make a mistake. That's why there are rules. A horizontal pass? Prohibited. In my line-up… — Johan Cruijff Copy Share Image
Only 20 percent of our longevity is genetically determined. The rest is what we do, how we live our lives and increasingly… — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
Eventually we will learn that the loss of indivisible love is another of our necessary losses, that loving extends beyond the mother-child… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
This fear of maleness that they inspire estranges men from every female in their lives to greater or lesser degrees, and men… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
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They marched. Not for themselves. They marched to remember the ones who didn't make it back. They marched because seeing so much… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
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