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I was not popular in school, and I was definitely not a ladies' man. And I had a very painful adolescence, because it was all… — Joss Whedon
Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of… — E. O. Wilson
I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything. — Reese Witherspoon
It took a little over a decade to build a coalition strong enough to beat the insurance companies, but in 1990, then Senator Tom Daschle… — Ron Wyden
I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him. — Henny Youngman
When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. Some angels got jealous… — Zora Neale Hurston
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Science is the search for the truth--it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. We… — Linus Pauling
But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but… — Mark Twain
She had, without realizing it at the time, learned to follow Nick's gaze, learned to learn his lust...his desires remained memorized within her. She looked… — Lorrie Moore
A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. — Anthony Trollope
His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
For a moment Jack felt the strongest inclination to snatch up his little gilt chair and beat the white-faced man down with it... — Patrick O'Brian
For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Nevertheless,… — Martin Luther
Two minds with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one. — Jasper Fforde
She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do. And she'd taken to it well. She'd sworn that… — Terry Pratchett
Books, books, books! I had found the secret of a garret room Piled high with cases in my father’s name; Piled high, packed large,--where, creeping… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
You can't beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don't even try to. — William Faulkner
That was the funniest thing I'd heard in days. You're kidding, right? PLEASE tell me you have a stronger motive for me than 'fair is… — James Patterson
The world will give you that once in awhile, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs… — Sue Monk Kidd
Some discouragement, some faintness of heart at the new real future which replaces the imaginary, is not unusual, and we do not expect people to… — George Eliot
I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain - and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city… — Robert Frost
I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can I. I won't… — Orson Scott Card
Stop it," spluttered Eustace, "go away. Put that thing away. It's not safe. Stop it, I say. I'll tell Caspian. I'll have you muzzled and… — C.S. Lewis

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