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Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not… — Susan B. Anthony
We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary to the romantic notion of… — Dorianne Laux
If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place,… — Sarah Dessen
Don't be silly, Dawlish. I'm sure you are an excellent Auror, I seem to remember you achieved 'Outstanding' in all your N.E.W.T.s, but if you… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of recognition. — John O'Donohue
Libertarian action must recognize this dependence as a weak point and must attempt through reflection and action to transform it into independence. However, not even… — Paulo Freire
Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies the heart by… — James E. Faust
Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning. — Bertrand Russell
I have since learned that the most mature believer is the one who is bent over, leaning most heavily on the Lord, and admitting his… — Jim Cymbala
And to all those who have wondered if Americas beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of… — Barack Obama
Her thoughts ran away to her girlhood with its passionate longing for adventure and she remembered the arms of men that had held her when… — Sherwood Anderson
The reason 'closure' is a cliche is that it is used too often, too imprecisely, and doesn't in any case reflect reality. In reality, such… — Joseph Epstein
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities. — Aldous Huxley
I don't think it had ever occurred to me that man's supremacy is not primarily due to his brain, as most of the books would… — John Wyndham
...falling in love could be achieved in a single wordâ€”a glance. — Ian Mcewan
You can indulge your righteous rage but the things it comes out of are pretty cheap. The trick is to make yourself an instrument of… — Norman Mailer
The earl shook his head, exhibiting a degree of frosty offense that could only be achieved by an aristocrat whose wishes had just been gainsaid.… — Lisa Kleypas
Futures not achieved are only branches of the past: dead branches. — Italo Calvino
Letâ€™s state it clearly: One great idea of the biblical revelation is that God is manifest in the ordinary, in the actual, in the daily,… — Richard Rohr
Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring. — St. Catherine of Siena

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