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Show your work, and when the right people show up, pay close attention to them, because they'll have a lot to show you. — Austin Kleon
Wherever you have a plot of land, however small, plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the soul. — Spencer W. Kimball
I wonder if, in fact, we have been observed by aliens and upon close examination of human conduct and human behavior they have concluded that… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given… — Louis Armstrong
The routines of almost all famous writers, from Charles Darwin to John Grisham, similarly emphasise specific starting times, or number of hours worked, or words… — Oliver Burkeman
Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives, how we depend… — Dalai Lama
One way to practice staying present is to simply sit still for a while and listen. For one minute, listen to the sounds close to… — Pema Chodron
By health I mean the power to live a full, adult, living, breathing life in close contact with... the earth and the wonders thereof -… — Katherine Mansfield
Egocentric: A person who has his I's too close together. — Evan Esar
It hurts and hurts to have him this close. I feel sick with it. — Jenny Downham
Because you basically won a close re-election, your first task is to unify the city. And it's done not with words but with actions, by… — Marc Morial
And when I think about that sunrise that I woke up to that morning, I just feel like I got as close to nowhere as… — Hank Green
Hip-hop, you're close to 50. When can we grow up? — Sho Baraka
Time and again, in every market cycle I have witnessed, the extremes of emotion always appear, even among experienced investors. When the world wants to… — Michael Steinhardt
A sad truth of human nature is that it is hard to care for people when they are abstractions, hard to care when it is… — Paul Rusesabagina
Friends of mine said later that they had been riveted by a postgame television close-up of Wade Boggs, sitting alone in the dugout with tears… — Roger Angell
The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime. — Antony Beevor
Sometimes I can be walking down the street, or riding a bus, and suddenly I see somebody who remind me of somebody I know back… — Caryl Phillips
A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough… — Barry Mann
If you were to press your heart close up against somebody elseâ€™s heart eventually your hearts will start beating at the same time. And two… — Andrea Gibson

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