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Some people have like a certain person, when they're around they get like a gnarly energy. I see it in other people, if a certain… — Mick Fanning
There are two things you can be certain of: dying and getting the arse as a football coach. — Royce Hart
I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to imagine the lives of other societies, but you have to do it with a certain amount of… — Michael Dorris
The turn of the century was the lowest point for the devastation of Indian culture by disease and persecution, and it's a wonder to me… — N. Scott Momaday
Things like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like "well I don't hate black people so I'm not a racist,"… — Dave Chappelle
If you're going through difficult times today, hold steady. It will change soon. If you are experiencing smooth sailing and easy times now, brace yourself.… — James Dobson
I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies us with energy… — Charles Brockden Brown
It is the duty of Israeli leaders to explain to public opinion, clearly and courageously, a certain number of facts that are forgotten with time.… — Ariel Sharon
It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own consent. — Thomas Jefferson
Life is short, and therefore, one thing being certain, death, let us take up a great ideal, and give up the whole life to it.… — Swami Vivekananda
I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave… — Mary Tyler Moore
There's a certain grace to having your heart broken. — Lena Dunham
Death accompanies us at every step and enables us to use those moments when life smiles at us to feel more deeply the sweetness of… — Theodor Fontane
Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence, it is almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening [to men]… — H. L. Mencken
There's a certain Buddhistic calm that comes from having... money in the bank. — Tom Robbins
Our patriotic fervor was the result of the old and widespread belief in the idea of American exceptionalism, the idea that America was a new… — Peggy Noonan
Whether we know it or not, we transmit the presence of everyone we have ever known, as though by being in each other's presence we… — Natalie Goldberg
If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of what the liar… — Michel de Montaigne
I hold it certain that to open the doors of truth and to fortify the habit of testing everything by reason are the most effectual… — Thomas Jefferson
Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't think of a way to… — Amy Hempel

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