For that's what a woman, a mother wants -- to teach her children to take an interest in life. She knows it's safer for them to be interested in other people's happiness than to believe in their own
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and...
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CLINTON KELLY How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
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ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung...
PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:
I am not commanding you, but I ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me.
NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the...
NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on...
HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
HARPER LEE The sad heart needs work to do.
JOAN BAUER Don’t ever feel bad for making a decision about your own life that upsets other people. You are no...
ISAIAH HANKEL Be in love, for love, to love.
ROSE B MASHIGO There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the p...
EPICTETUS Human is what he decides to be.
ZAMAN ALI I knew my own mother had been in the theater for a while and had taught children, because she used t...
EVE ARDEN Pretty much when you're in Silent Hill, all the characters are female. Motherhood is a huge issue in...
RADHA MITCHELL Dare to seize all the opportunities on your paths.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA 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.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Don’t rely on the opinions of others.
Only you will know what is
right for you.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Unless you have the
courage to say ‘no’ to
the things you don’t want,
it’s ha...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Be honest with yourself.
You can’t be the best
you can be unless you know
who you r...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI It’s easy to be brave when
everything is going your way.
When the going gets tough,
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI To be happy, you need to do
the right thing for you,
even when it feels like the
hard...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Don’t take your happiness for
granted. Be proactive about
maintaining and sustaining it<...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI There is a big difference between
being self-ist and being selfish—
putting yourself fir...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI The only person who can
take responsibility for your
happiness is you.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Being the best you can be
takes courage. You need to own
your decisions and have the
...
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 Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love.
CAMERON DOKEY Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev...
A WALK TO REMEMBER Some read to learn, some to laugh, and some to live.
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NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr...
GAIL CARRIGER Be the girl you want your daughter to be. Be the girl you want your son to date. Be classy, be smart...
GERMANY KENT A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering...
QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE No woman wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion as a...
FREDERICA MATHEWES-GREEN You think maybe he thinks the felt is grass
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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.
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BARBARA CARTLAND Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. I just know th...
ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Teach my children to love! They'll learn to hate on their own.
DAVID ALLAN COE Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly;
In my own way, and with my full consent.
Say...
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY I believe that the most important thing for a couple of any sort, to realize in their relationship w...
C. JOYBELL C. My mother was a full-time mother. She didn't have much of her own career, her own life, her own ...
ANGELINA JOLIE I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations...
C. JOYBELL C. The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD We were created with the ability and the inclination to admire beauty. We should, however, do our be...
RON BRACKIN Leave the problems of God to God and karma to karma. Today you're here and nothing you do will chang...
JAMES CLAVELL Imagine life as a game, a game that is filled with obstacles and hazards to overcome but sometimes y...
GARY F EVANS... It takes a CONSTANT flowing of gas from the cylinder to keep the fire burning under your pot. “WOO...
OLAOTAN FAWEHINMI The human race has come such a long way in such a short time and every day I wake I feel blessed tha...
TERRY LANDER There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learn...
HARPER LEE The role of the
Christian is to let other people know what Jesus has done, not to
think of themselve...
LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It
has no power to explain even some
of the most basic principl...
LEWIS N. ROE It's important to understand that if
someone calls themselves a Christian, it does not automatically...
LEWIS N. ROE To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) when your heart touched mine,I knew then we were one.
THERESA M WILSON To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma
DEBORAH HEILIGMAN That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth.
JAMES MARSHALL Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women...
JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ...
JEFFREY R. HOLLAND And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju...
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