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Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic -- if it is pulled out I shall die.


Soren Kierkegaard

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KARL FFRENCH Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard.
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ARTHUR MILLER I changed my putter, went rummaging around in the garage and pulled the old one out as I felt a chan...
MARK ROE I changed my putter, went rummaging around in the garage and pulled the old one out as I felt a chan...
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BETH REVIS It seems as if only now I really know who I am. My strengths, my weaknesses, my jealousies—it’s as...
KIRK DOUGLAS I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life ...
ALBERT CAMUS As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.
CRISS JAMI I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my priv...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Sorrow compressed my heart, and I felt I would die, and then . . . Well, then I woke up.
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LAURELL K. HAMILTON I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake...
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NATSUME SōSEKI To late for your chronological indifference, as a boss, your opportunity is ironic. The grass grows ...
ARIEL S BRITO Jeg elsker dig. Du er mit hjerte.” I love you. You are my heart. -Soren
TIFFANY REISZ My heart feels not so much in my chest as in my hands. I am carrying it along swiftly, as though I h...
CLAIRE KEEGAN I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find o...
CHARLES LAMB I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find ou...
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EDITH SITWELL Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever...
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LOIS SUGARMAN An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in m...
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STEVE MARABOLI I am as my creator made me and since He is satisfied, so am I.
MINNIE SMITH I am as my creator made me and since He is satisfied, so am I
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GLENWAY WESCOTT I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.
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ALISHIA DUNCANSON I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.
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When every breath, slows down...
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DANIEL OJEDA I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to e...
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JANE AUSTEN For me, everything is still possible and I am as determined as ever. I believe first that the projec...
PAULINE MAROIS Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my na...
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JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ If she stays on the path she is, then yea. As long as she stays healthy and motivated, she certainly...
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ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY My mother says it is totally fine
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ERIC MORECAMBE I am anchored on a resolve you cannot shake. My heart, my conscience shall dispose of my hand -- ...
CHARLOTTE BRONTë I wandered a lot A long distance... A distance which has never been walked alone, on my disabled foo...
NISHI DE SILVA The affairs of America I shall ever look upon as my first business whilst I am in Europe. Any confid...
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SENECA

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TABITHA SOREN In the New York Times, you're going to get completely different information than you would in th...
TABITHA SOREN If the breaking news story had to do with hard news, politics specifically, I had a lot to do with i...
TABITHA SOREN If the breaking news event has something to do with young people, specifically with MTV's audien...
TABITHA SOREN I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls.
TABITHA SOREN I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.
TABITHA SOREN I worked at NBC and MTV for two years, and it was very interesting to see the comparisons of audienc...
TABITHA SOREN Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
SOREN KIRKEGAARD In 2008, Nokia expects that 3 billion people will be owning a mobile phone, with much of this growth...
SOREN PETERSEN The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We preten...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Once you label me you negate me.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Every mental act is composed of doubt and belief,
but it is belief that is the positive, it is ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world — no matter how imperfect — becomes...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My hon...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Love is the expression of the one who loves, not of the one who is loved. Those who think they can l...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
SøREN KIERKEGAARD What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed tha...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The more he needs God, the more deeply he comprehends he is in need of God, and then the more he in ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The matter is quite simple. The bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of s...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD You love the accidental. A smile from a pretty girl in an interesting situation, a stolen glance, th...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD