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What we feel most has no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds.
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We are surrounded by the absurd excess of the universe. By meaningless bulk, vastness without size, power without consequence. The stubborn iteration…
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We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what…
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Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit it to riches, pride, security—all of those things life is built…
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Why do so manysettle for so little? I don't understand why they're not greedy for what's inside them.
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I like ornament at the right time, but I don't want a poem to be made out of decoration ... When I…
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't…
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If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of…
— Mark Twain
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In college, I think I probably positioned myself as an aspiring writer, meaning I dressed sort of extravagantly and adopted all the…
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When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry - for the clothes.
— Josh Billings
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German in the most extravagantly ugly language - it sounds like someone using a sick bag on a 747.
— Willie Rushton
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Frugality, quite simply, is about choosing the things you love enough to spend extravagantly on—and then cutting costs mercilessly on the things…
— Ramit Sethi
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When God tells us to give extravagantly, we can trust Him to do the same in our lives. And this is really…
— David Platt
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Cultivating whatever gave pleasure to my senses was always the chief business of my life; I have never found any occupation more…
— Giacomo Casanova
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To be smart, spend carefully. To be wise, save regularly. To be genius, give extravagantly.
— Chip Ingram
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