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One takes what the river offers, both good and bad. The joy of living by running water far outweighs the sorrow. — Matt Goldman
In true natural selection, if a body has what it takes to survive, its genes automatically survive because they are inside it. So the genes… — Richard Dawkins
I used to think you were weak and just didn't fight back ... but now, honestly, I think you're actually pretty tough. It takes a… — Richelle Mead
Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if you're not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy.… — Nicole Scherzinger
Don't hesitate to seek external help or advice where need be. Sometimes, it takes an external, emotionally unattached individual to detect your business flaws and… — Richard Branson
Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously. — Jane Haddam
Everyone takes pause at 40. It's the age you have to assess everything in your life. It's the fictitious marker that's always coming up when… — Paul Feig
It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business.… — Julie Walters
What is originality? To see something that has no name as yet and hence cannot be mentioned although it stares us all in the face.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Your poems are rather hard to understand, whereas your paintings are so easy. Easy? Of course - you paint flowers and girls and sunsets; things… — E E Cummings
Then the Warrior of the Light thanks his traveling companions, takes a deep breath and continues on, laden with memories of an unforgettable journey. — Paulo Coelho
When the Warrior takes on a commitment, he keeps his word. — Paulo Coelho
He unwittingly takes a false step and plunges into the abyss. — Paulo Coelho
I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things… — Stanley Kubrick
It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that you’re capable of far more than… — Paulo Coelho
The worst takes its time to come, and then to pass. — Anne Rice
It takes good memory to keep up a lie — Pierre Corneille
There is only beauty / and it has only one perfect expression / poetry. All the rest is a lie /except for those who live… — Stephane Mallarme
It is not expensive to be beautiful. It takes only a little effort to be presentable and beautiful. But it takes some effort. And unfortunately… — Imelda Marcos
You know what kind of person it takes to run for President? Not normal. They could start out okay, but by the time they reach… — David Baldacci
I write in the afternoon, from about 12 until 6 or 7. I use an upstairs room as my office. Once I get going I… — Lee Child
The seed of a tree has the nature of a branch or twig or bud. It is a part of the tree, but if separated… — Isaac Newton
I've debated many economists who claim to specialize in risk and probability: when one takes them slightly outside their narrow focus, but within the discipline… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
To become a chess grandmaster also seems to take about ten years. (Only the legendary Bobby Fisher got to that elite level in less than… — Malcolm Gladwell
Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime. — Vittorio Alfieri

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