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Related Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face; some tone on the hills or the sea is choicer t... RANDY KOMISAR Quiero que [mi hijo] conozca el secreto de la felicidad, algo tan sencillo que da la impresión de q... JAMES RHODES Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH But, I've learned, as we all must, that adults are jerks too. At least some of them. And that's why ... CLINTON KELLY The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis. CRAIG GROESCHEL I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD The most attractive thing about you should have less to do with your face or body and more to do wit... GERMANY KENT How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
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GERMANY KENT Dare to seize and make the most of all opportunities that life bring to your path. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea... RICHARD YATES Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW You think maybe he thinks the felt is grass HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS Why would I need to see other women? You have more than enough personalities to keep me completely o... HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS You can't lose something that you never had HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS You're already falling in love with me.I'm gonna make you wish you were dead. HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS Benny boo boo...boo boo boo! HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS He's a pisser. HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS You're already falling in love with me. I'm gonna make you wish you were dead. HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS Hank Green's Secrets of Productivity: 1.) I have convinced myself that if I am not using ... HANK GREEN Life is a re-discovery. BRIAN BLESSED Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to y... OSCAR WILDE Training is an active, dynamic process lived out daily in all areas of life- not a rote exercise in ... CRAIG GROESCHEL I live my life progressing for nothing else but the best. JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT Dreams can change histories and songs can alter destinies. TIFFANIE DEBARTOLO Dare to seize all the opportunities on your paths. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA You must step forward, Arutha. You will never be the man for whom you were named, and you will never... RAYMOND E. FEIST I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER Beauty fades, but knowledge is eternal ANDREW FAIRCHILD Dare to follow your own paths. Dare to be yourself. Dare to be different. LAILAH GIFTYAKITA The fact is that if the writer's attention is on producing a work of art, a work that is good in its... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Remember to afford yourself the same generosity you give to others. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Be generous with your time and energy. The harder it is to give, the more the other p... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Recognise how much you have to give. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Although happiness is a state of being, it usually still requires some doing if it is to b... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Commit to being happy and make the choices that will support your commitment. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Be courageous in your decision-making. Stand by your choices and never look back. 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DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI The most important commitment you will ever make is to being the best you can be. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Most people are fine with fine and okay with okay. If you want to be the best you can... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Very few changes in life are achieved without effort and a commitment to making that effor... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI When you decide to be the best you can be, don’t be surprised if the circle of people yo... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Live your life with courageous integrity. Do the right thing, not the easy thing. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI If someone tries to undermine your commitment, re-evaluate your commitment to them. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Identify your driving motivation and you will have all the encouragement you need. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Give the people you love the best of yourself, not the worst. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Sometimes being happy will require some difficult conversations. Some of those conversatio... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe t... MOTHER TERESA Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe t... MOTHER THERESA Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe t... MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA If I'm not thinking about one shit storm, I have to think about another. KAREN M. MCMANUS If you think that life is a celebration full of party poppers and merry go rounds it's not it's a ga... GARY F EVANS... Life Is a Misconception. DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire! DEYTH BANGER How to be wealthy;Birth an idea & then take it to the market place & believe that the market place w... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be Great;The moment you realize & accept the ordinary fact that those doing great things toda... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be great;Think of a gigantic & unheard of idea to birth & nurture & inside it lies your great... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. In a world of words, anything is possible... LAURA WRIGHT LAROCHE You get a job when you have the right qualifications and work experience. Similarly, individuals sho... MADDY MALHOTRA Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr... GAIL CARRIGER This is a work of fiction. Still, given an infinite number of possible worlds, it must be true on on... NEIL GAIMAN Be grateful for every moment and every breath. TERESA COLLINS
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