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Meaning is a shaky edifice we build out of scraps, dogmas, childhood injuries, newspaper articles, chance remarks, old fillms, small victories, people hated, people loved;…
— Salman Rushdie
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In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and…
— Hilari Bell
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Pirate Dreams Needles and pins, Needles and pins, Sew me a sail to catch me the wind. Sew me a sail strong as the gale,…
— Shel Silverstein
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We create the illusions we need to go on. And one day, when they no longer dazzle or comfort, we tear them down, brick by…
— Libba Bray
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All your scholarship would be in vain if at the same time you do not build your character and attain mastery over your thoughts and…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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This girl shivers and crawls under the covers with all her clothes on and falls into an overdue library book, a faerie story with rats…
— Laurie Halse Anderson
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Because civilization isn't a thing that you build and then there it is, you have it forever. It needs to be built constantly, recreated daily.…
— Steven Galloway
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As children of God we are somebody. He will build us, mold us, and magnify us if we will but hold our heads up, our…
— Marvin J. Ashton
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...we have to surpass ourselves every day, make every day undying. Climb our own personal Everest and do it in such a way that every…
— Muriel Barbery
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If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of town. It doesn't…
— Banksy
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life…
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
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He Sipped his coffee, watched the flames. "You gave me my life, you did," He insisted when Summerset made a protesting sound. "And I worked-in…
— Nora Roberts
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I want to build some thing permanent.
— Rick Riordan
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Erik Erikson has commented: Potentially creative men like (Bernard) Shaw build the personal fundament of their work during a self-decreed moratorium, during which they often…
— Lewis Hyde
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VIDEO ARCHIVE- INTERVIEW 24768 . GOLD-EYE I like trees… grass… only birds in sky. People walking safe. Family No Creatures. Sleep all night safe. Walk…
— Garth Nix
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Go and play. Run around. Build something. Break something. Climb a tree. Get dirty. Get in some trouble. Have some fun.
— Unknown Author
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You can't build your life around hurts from the past" -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys
— Tyler Perry
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What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; build it anyway.
— Mother Teresa
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And knowing what happens on average is a good place to start. By so doing, we insulate ourselves from the tendency to build our thinking…
— Steven Levitt
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Because we humans are big and clever enough to produce and utilize antibiotics and disinfectants, it is easy to convince ourselves that we have banished…
— Bill Bryson
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Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served when you've had enough time to build up enough vitriol and fury.
— Sophie Kinsella
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...When our thoughts revolve we are so often deceived into supposing that their violent movement is an indication of their vigorous originality, the upheaval of…
— Janet Frame
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..if you dread tomorrow, it's because you don't know how to build the present, you tell yourself you can deal with it tomorrow, and it's…
— Muriel Barbery
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When a destitute mother starts earning an income, her dreams of success invariably center around her children. A woman's second priority is the household. She…
— Muhammad Yunus
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Newton was not the first of the age of reason. He was the last of the magicians, the last of the Babylonians and Sumerians, the…
— John Maynard Keynes
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