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The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and communities depends on… — Dorothy Allison
We women have lived too much with closure: "If he notices me, if I marry him, if I get into college, if I get this… — Carolyn Heilbrun
Victory is for those who can say "Victory is mine". Success is for those who can begin saying "I will succeed" and say "I have… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
We must begin our practice by walking the narrow path of simplicity, the hinayana path, before we can walk upon the open highway of compassionate… — Chogyam Trungpa
When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin. — Sara Zarr
I cannot express the uneasiness caused in me by this intrusion of mystery and beauty into a room I had at last filled with myself… — Marcel Proust
We are each given a block of marble when we begin a lifetime, and the tools to shape it into sculpture. We can drag it… — Richard Bach
When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. — Katherine Mansfield
I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method. — James Thurber
All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures. — Julius Caesar
Provided we can escape from the museums we carry around inside us, provided we can stop selling ourselves tickets to the galleries in our own… — Hakim Bey
To begin depriving death of its greatest advantage over us, let us adopt a way clean contrary to that common one; let us deprive death… — Michel de Montaigne
You don't begin to live, until you've lost everything... I've lost everything three or four times. A perfect place to start. — Jim Stovall
... I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong." 'A King can be better than that," the Prince insisted. "And so… — Catherynne M. Valente
I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end… — Louis L'Amour
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a… — Winston Churchill
But I do say that educated and scholarly men, if they’re brilliant and creative to begin with—which, unfortunately, is rarely the case—tend to leave infinitely… — J D Salinger
We can tell much by what we have already willing discarded along the pathway of discipleship. It is the only pathway where littering is permissible,… — Neal A. Maxwell
The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own country,… — Edward Abbey
There was something about being in the vicinity of Grahame Coats that always made Fat Charlie (a) speak in cliches and (b) begin to daydream… — Neil Gaiman
The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate unpleasant feelings. But… — Anne Lamott
You've only got to begin to do anything to find out how few honest, honourable people there are. Sometimes, when I can't sleep, I think:… — Anton Chekhov
They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To begin to understand the gorgeous fever that is consciousness, we must try to understand the senses and what they can tell us about the… — Diane Ackerman
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. — Mother Teresa

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