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• I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately… — J. J. Abrams
• There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads. — Paul Auster
• I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came… — Dido Armstrong
• India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex… — Sri Aurobindo
• Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her… — Jane Austen
• I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone. — Richard Avedon
• Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to… — Teresa of Avila
• While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward,… — Teresa of Avila
• The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be… — Diane Ackerman
• The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially… — Ibrahim Babangida
• In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges… — Michelle Bachelet
• We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone? — Anna Letitia Barbauld

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