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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you…
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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and…
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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything…
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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school,…
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw…
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If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
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Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice…
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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good…
— Maya Angelou
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My point here, young couples, is that baby-having is extremely serious business, and you probably don't have the vaguest idea what you're…
— Dave Barry
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I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest.
— Marie de France
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To devote yourself to the creation and enjoyment of beauty, then, can be a serious business-not always necessarily a means of escaping…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Good design is serious business.
— Alan G. Lafley
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Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours---ambition is the serious business of life.
— Walter Scott
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Life is a very serious business for the simple reason that nobody dies laughing.
— Steven Morrissey
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The aeroplane is an invention of the devil and will never play any part in such a serious business as the defence…
— Unknown Author
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Some people think that mathematics is a serious business that must always be cold and dry; but we think mathematics is fun,…
— Ronald Graham
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Fiction is just that-fiction. Yes, it is serious business, but it should also be taken for face value. It's entertainment. It's escapism.…
— Rachel Wade
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Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.
— Martin Lewis Perl
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Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it.
— Ray Bradbury
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