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You were ambitious - for your life, what it was like when you woke up in the morning, and not for some attainment. Like most… — Lionel Shriver
Armel shrugged. "I suppose so, Brother, but why do creatures have to fight?" Demple picked Mudge up and placed him on his shoulder. "Because there's… — Brian Jacques
And while one is brought up with luxury and caresses, and is thrown bewildered and despairing into a dark pit, another is lifted from the… — Abolqasem Ferdowsi
A joker is a little fool who is different from everyone else. He's not a club, diamond, heart, or spade. He's not an eight or… — Jostein Gaarder
A venturesome minority will always be eager to set off on their own, and no obstacles should be placed in their path; let them take… — Edward Abbey
I claim you as my life mate. I belong to you. I offer my life for you. I give to you my protection, my allegiance,… — Christine Feehan
Since I don't smoke, I decided to grow a mustache - it is better for the health. However, I always carried a jewel-studded cigarette case… — Salvador Dali
My books piled up before me for my use waiting in space where I placed them, they haven't disappeared, time's left its remnants and qualities… — Allen Ginsberg
When he at least reached the door the handle had cease to vibrate. Lowering himself suddenly to his knees he placed his head and the… — Mervyn Peake
It was the old New York way...the way people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency above courage, and who considered that nothing… — Edith Wharton
That is what I have always understood to be the essence of anarchism: the conviction that the burden of proof has to be placed on… — Noam Chomsky
We've placed a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no sense… — Randy Pausch
Lay down these words Before your mind like rocks. placed solid, by hands In choice of place, set Before the body of the mind in… — Gary Snyder
There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully… — Sarah Dessen
Remember when i slept with my head in a puddle at your feet? It was humility, or atonement. later your ankle was a pillow and… — Michelle Tea
You do not become a ''dissident'' just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by… — Vaclav Havel
As the body rolled to the ground Tarzan of the Apes placed his foot upon the neck of his lifelong enemy and, raising his eyes… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so… — Alfred Hitchcock
The mind, placed before any kind of difficulty, can find an ideal outlet in the absurd. Accommodation to the absurd readmits adults to the mysterious… — Andre Breton
But maybe the Charm Bracelets understood more about life than I did. From an early age they knew what little value the world placed in… — Jeffrey Eugenides

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