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Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books,… — George Washington Carver
Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of… — Pablo Casals
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary… — Michael N. Castle
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. — Willa Cather
Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly. — Nick Cave
I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be - godlike. — Nick Cave
I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that I'd be transformed… — Nick Cave
When I'm singing 'Deanna,' for example, which I sing pretty much every night, it brings forward a kind of imagined, romanticized lie about this particular… — Nick Cave
It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear. — Dick Cavett
The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed. — Bennett Cerf
When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God. — Charles L. Allen
You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside. — Oswald Chambers
A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. — Fred Allen
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first. — Chanakya
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth. — Chanakya
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars. — Fred Allen
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction. — Chanakya
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person. — Chanakya
The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there. — Chanakya
We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made… — William Ellery Channing

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