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I think everybody has had the experience at some point when they feel that there's more to life than just matter. But… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Delsarte tells me that Mozart stole outrageously from Galuppi, in the same way, I suppose, that Molière stole from anybody anywhere, if… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
Why haven’t you asked me how I do my tricks?” Celia asks, once they have reached the point where she is certain… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
Keeping your coat on indoors in Russia, no matter how public the place, is far worse than keeping your hat on as… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
You ask everybody you know: How long does it usually take to get over it? There are many formulas. One year for… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Our main agenda is to have all guns banned of course. We must use whatever means possible. It doesn't matter if you… — Sarah Brady Copy Share Image
I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I will gladly give lessons as a favor, particularly when I see that my student has talent, inclination, and anxiety to learn;… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
My days I devote to reading and experiments in chemistry, and I spend many of the clear nights in the study of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Man's greatest advances are weapon advances. Culture follows from weaponry, we are militant like the animals and birds - defending our homes.… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
If you're going to be a writer you should sit down and write in the morning, and keep it up all day,… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
You can talk about strategy all you want, but what really matters is resilience. On the last nine holes of the Masters… — Hale Irwin Copy Share Image
At the heart of good education are those gifted, hardworking, and memorable teachers whose inspiration kindles fires that never quite go out,… — Rosalie Maggio Copy Share Image
The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not “the thinker.” The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I learned to fire guns at the age of nine or so, but luckily was not out killing people. We zigzagged the… — K'naan Copy Share Image
Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn't mean not talking and not doing things; it means… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
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If our team is playing well and winning, it doesn't really matter to me if I am scoring points or not. For… — Eric Staal Copy Share Image
I watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from her… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
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Most people view female directors as female only, that we only deal with women's issues and women characters. Although most of my… — Shahad Ameen Copy Share Image
There's so much importance in honoring your everyday hero. It doesn't take money. It doesn't take connections. What matters is that people… — Debi Mazar Copy Share Image
I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
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As any doctor can tell you, the most crucial step toward healing is having the right diagnosis. If the disease is precisely… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I would recommend a free commerce both of matter and mind. I would let men enter their own churches with the same… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
The bottom line is about the technique. The little things. Fine-tuning what we have to do. No matter who is out there,… — Kurt Warner Copy Share Image
The confusion between temperament and character has had serious consequences for ethical theory. Preferences with regard to differences in temperament are mere… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I have a fierce will to live. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others - and I am one of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Won't the awareness God loves us no matter what lead to spiritual laziness and moral laxity? Theoretically, this seems a reasonable fear,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
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The tendency to conformity in our society is so strong that reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white… — Solomon Asch Copy Share Image
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It ought to be quite as natural and straightforward a matter for a labourer to take his pension from his parish, because… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
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