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He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to… — A. R. Ammons
An interview will seem very sane to me, and I'll find out that the journalist was laughing out of the side of his mouth half… — Tori Amos
In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the… — Ian Anderson
A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is… — Marian Anderson
None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the… — Marian Anderson
You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded… — Peter Abrahams
Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field. — Sparky Anderson
Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands. — Julie Andrews
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for… — Maya Angelou
For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he… — Maya Angelou
I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the… — Maya Angelou
You can't blame someone for not knowing what his or her job should be if you don't ask for it right off the bat. — Jennifer Aniston
I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers today may be too young… — Piers Anthony
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who… — Antisthenes
The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it. — Minna Antrim
Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that… — Thomas Aquinas
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in… — Thomas Aquinas
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. — Thomas Aquinas
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are… — Thomas Aquinas
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work. — Thomas Aquinas
It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us. — Thomas Aquinas
The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is… — Thomas Aquinas
A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy. — Early Wynn
A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it. — William Dean Howells

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