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Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided. — Kurt Vonnegut
What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day. — Douglas Adams
It will be hard James but you come from sturdy peasant stock men who picked cotton and dammed rivers and built railroads and in the… — James A. Baldwin
Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise. Whoever feels himself walking on the path, and refuses to praise--that man or woman… — Rumi
originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
He chose the boy he thought most likely to be a danger to him," said Dumbledore. And notice this, Harry. He chose, not the pureblood… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly. — Bertrand Russell
Men speak of dreaming as if it were a phenomenon of night and sleep. They should know better. All results achieved by us are self-promised,… — Lew Wallace
To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness — Erich Fromm
Why not wear a scar of Motherhood? Better than a tattoo or a mark of Honor. Let the world know what you've achieved. — Richelle Mead
I didn't like the way I looked, the way I dressed and moved, what I achieved and what I felt I was worth. But there… — Bernhard Schlink
Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others are still treated… — Gary L. Francione
This result could have been achieved either by his [God] endowing my intellect with a clear and distinct perception of everything about which I would… — Rene Descartes
One of the most unattractive human traits, and so easy to fall into, is resentment at the sudden shared popularity of a previously private pleasure.… — Stephen Fry
In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the… — Brandon Sanderson
A novel is achieved with hard work, the short story with inspiration. — Isabel Allende
Attitude is the first quality that marks the successful man. If he has a positive attitude and is a positive thinker, who likes challenges and… — John C. Maxwell
For me, Savannah's resistance to change was its saving grace. The city looked inward, sealed off from the noises and distractions of the world at… — John Berendt
One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through oneâ€™s greatest efforts. — Albert Einstein
Sometimes, people call my way of speaking ranting. Why are you always ranting and screaming, they ask. But hereâ€™s the thingâ€¦the reason why I rant… — Leymah Gbowee

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