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I meditate because evolution gave me a big brain, but it didn't come with an instruction manual. I meditate because life is too short and… — Wes Nisker
They give unconditional love and undying loyalty in return for regular meals and an occasional pat on the head. — Jon Winokur
I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration. — Neil Diamond
It was a perfect night for a train. The occasional whistle told Louis of all the farewells he had ever known. — Charles Tennyson Turner
MARG: You are so close.STEN: To whom? Margravine, not even to himself. This place, this island: all his life he's done nothing but hop from… — Thomas Pynchon
Because the eternal principle of agency gives us the freedom to choose and think for ourselves, we should become increasingly able to solve problems. We… — M. Russell Ballard
I have no warm up exercises, other than to take an occasional drink. — Elwyn Brooks White
At the beginning of meditation training thoughts will arrive one on top of another, uninterrupted, like a steep mountain waterfall. Gradually, as you perfect meditation,… — Sogyal Rinpoche
A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight. — J. Michael Straczynski
Notwithstanding the trouble, notwithstanding the argument, notwithstanding the increasingly heavy hand of government, notwithstanding the spirit of arrogance we so often display, notwithstanding the growing… — Gordon B. Hinckley
God would prefer we have an occasional limp than a perpetual strut. — Max Lucado
I love the creative, whole-foods recipes in But I Could Never Go Vegan! Kristy Turner has heard all the excuses and has a response for… — Isa Chandra Moskowitz
Picturesque meant - he decided after careful observation of the scenerey that inspired Twoflower to use the word - that the landscape was horribly precipitous.… — Terry Pratchett
He supposed that even in Hell, people got an occasional sip of water, if only so they could appreciate the full horror of unrequited thirst… — Stephen King
Courage is required not only in a person's occasional crucial decision for his own freedom, but in the little hour-to-hour decisions which place the bricks… — Rollo May
If there were a 1:1 ratio of women and men in the chess world I would agree that all tournaments should be integrated. But a… — Jennifer Shahade
However, the occasional visit of success provides just the excitement an engineer needs to face work the following day. — Koichi Tanaka
There was no more grass, no flowers, not even any moss: dusty granite blocks covered the ice and an occasional grinding groan reminded us that… — Chris Bonington
I always see to the dogs first and leave the cats and the occasional birds and rabbits and hamsters for later. It isn't that I… — Blaize Clement
In our city spring came from the sky, not from the soil, which was ruled by stone that recognizes no seasonal change. The change of… — Ismail KadarÃ©
I am in the middle of it: chaos and poetry; poetry and love and again, complete chaos. Pain, disorder, occasional clarity; and at the bottom… — Anna Akhmatova
Every child should have an occasional pat on the back as long as it is applied low enough and hard enough. — Fulton J. Sheen
A man's liberal and conservative phases seem to follow each other in a succession of waves from the time he is born. Children are radicals.… — Elwyn Brooks White
Should one continue to base one's life on a system of belief that--for all its occasional wisdom and frequent beauty--is demonstrably untrue? — Charles Templeton
For my part, I feel that with regard to Nature I live a sort of border life, on the confines of a world, into which… — Henry David Thoreau

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