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Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff. — Tahir Shah
All [Sadieâ€™s] previous attempts [of making a shabti (an Egyptian avatar of oneâ€™s self)] had exploded or gone haywire, terrorizing Khufu and the initiates. Last… — Rick Riordan
How long until you have to go...reap?" I whispered as my arms slid around his neck. Like we were dancing. Only we weren't moving, and… — Rachel Vincent
The day, like the previous days, dragged sluggishly by in a kind of insipid idleness, devoid even of that dreamy expectancy which can make idleness… — Vladimir Nabokov
Every coming year is as bad as the previous one, the only difference being that in most cases it is even worse. — Anton Chekhov
Someone was trying to kill Lady Alexia Maccon. It was most inconvenient, as she was in a dreadful hurry. Given her previous familiarity with near-death… — Gail Carriger
Evie hadnâ€™t always felt that way. For a year after James had died, sheâ€™d cupped his half-dollar pendant between her pressed palms and prayed fervently… — Libba Bray
Due to attachment, anger, and foolishness, I have committed numberless mistakes in speech, deed and thought. I bow my head and repent. I vow from… — Nhat Hanh
Omnis cellula e cellula," he said again. "All cells come from cells. Every cell is born of a previous cell, which was born of a… — John Green
When you think you can't, revisit a previous triumph. — Jack Canfield
[Jules] slides into a seat beside me with her hot lunch tray, sighing. â€œFour hours, thirty-six minutes, and twelve seconds till weâ€™re out of purgatory… — Jodi Picoult
The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self. — Dalai Lama
Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished… — Lois Lowry
He believed in himself, believed in his quixotic ambition, letting the failures of the previous day disappear as each new day dawned. Yesterday was not… — Daniel Wallace
And I remembered with a pang what had happened to me the previous summer - that even Gallagher Girls aren't always as strong as they… — Ally Carter
A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one. — Dmitri Shostakovich
What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous… — Henry Parry Liddon
The first thing I did was commit to my success and playing to win. I swore I would focus and not even consider leaving this… — T. Harv Eker
At times of writing I never think what I have said before. My aim is not to be consistent with my previous statements on a… — Mahatma Gandhi
There are those who, while reading a book, recall, compare, conjure up emotions from other, previous readings. This is one of the most delicate forms… — Ezequiel Martinez Estrada

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