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I know that homes burn and that you should think what to save before they start to. Not because, in the heat of it, everything… — Amy Hempel
simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them". — Paulo Coelho
If you can think of times in your life that you’ve treated people with extraordinary decency and love, and pure uninterested concern, just because they… — David Foster Wallace
The really valuable thing in the pageant of human life seems to me not the political state, but the creative, sentient individual, the personality; it… — Albert Einstein
Off with you" is a phrase used by people who lack the curtesy to say something more polite, such as, "if there's nothing else you… — Daniel Handler
To know who I am is a species of knowing where I stand. My identity is defined by the commitments and identifications which provide the… — Charles Taylor
I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable… — Dan Barker
To live only to suffer—only to feel the injury of life repeated and enlarged—it seemed to her she was too valuable, too capable, for that.… — Henry James
The sense of perspective that interaction with multiple cultures gives you I find to be extremely valuable, because it allows you to see the structure… — Julian Assange
i love playing and chatting with children...feeding and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family has troubled me… — Nelson Mandela
My whole life is about forgetting. It's my most valuable job skill. — Chuck Palahniuk
Don't dream of being a good person, be a human being is valuable and gives value to life. — Albert Einstein
Pause for a moment and check where your own heart and thoughts are. Are you focused on the things that matter most? How you spend… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I could never find two people who are perfectly equal: one will always be more valuable than the other. And many people, as a matter… — Pentti Linkola
I didn't want to understand. Bert had been thrilled that the police wanted to put me on retainer. He told me I would gain valuable… — Laurell K. Hamilton
....You should keep dental floss on you at all times; when your eyesight goes, quit driving; don't keep too many secrets, eventually they'll eat away… — Lisa Lutz
We are so overwhelmed with quantities of books, that we hardly realize any more that a book can be valuable, valuable like a jewel, or… — D. H. Lawrence
Excellence does not come easily or quickly-- an excellent education does not, a successful mission does not, a strong, loving marriage does not, rewarding personal… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect ... Your have to be… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Kate Daniels, trained negotiator. When in possession of some valuable information, give it away to the first sexy man you see with no guarantee of… — Ilona Andrews
p.61 He [Roark] was usually disliked, from the first sight of his face, anywhere he went. His face was closed like the door of a… — Ayn Rand
Sometimes words were less valuable than the air that carried them when it came to getting close. — J R Ward
Relationships never break cleanly. Like a valuable vase, they are smashed and then glued back together, smashed and glued, smashed and glued until the pieces… — Marilyn Manson
Why can’t I drink the potion instead?” asked Harry desperately. “Because I am much older, much cleverer, and much less valuable,” said Dumbledore. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous… — Blaise Pascal

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