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STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it... CRAIG GROESCHEL You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Words don’t take you anywhere, at the most they aid in a mental projection; it’s the experience ... RAMANA PEMMARAJU Communities of color don't understand what it means to be a police officer, the fear that police... ERIC HOLDER When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. Th... MARY FRANCES BERRY I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things ... SARAH DARER LITTMAN Your story matters. The thoughts you think matter. The words you use matter. It can be the differenc... KRISTIN RATH I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Corrupt and incompetent police officers have a long history of being protected by their colleagues, ... STEVEN MAGEE It's such a sad day to come here, ... My sympathy goes out to all the families whose loved ones have... RAY NAGIN Front-line customs officers have been put on high alert and examination of suspicious imported cargo... CHOW KWONG it's okay to feel things. And be who you are about them. STEPHEN CHOBOSKY I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not e... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I’m caught between trying to live my life, and trying to run from it. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't want to be somebody's crush.if somebody likes me, i want them to like the real me, not what ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES When a word of God is spoken it will always be personal and yet we will find it touching the lives o... JOHN M SHEEHAN I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. Even a simplified stability test, which usually only takes one day, would have identified a problem ... GARY PETERS If you didn't vote for Obama because of the color of his skin, you're ignorant. If you voted for Oba... LINDA DIGRAZIA You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS We came out here expecting a lot of verbal in the papers and things being said. If anything they hav... GRAEME SMITH Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA ...when one considers that there are more than 750,000 police officers in the United States and that... DAVID KLINGER It's sad that in 2006, we still have incidents where people are attacked because of their skin color... BLANCHE HUGHES If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave ... MITCH ALBOM You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You are not going to put 100,000 police officers on the streets overnight and do the right job. To p... JANET RENO In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be. STEPHEN CHBOSKY He said it was the kind of book you made your own. STEPHEN CHBOSKY No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estóma... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We're always taught that God wants us to always only say "I can't do this without You God" , "Whatev... C. JOYBELL C. With rising crime, and the threat of terrorism putting ever more pressure on the police, it is not s... DAVID DAVIS It's a big credibility issue for the drug war, more than anything, because there is a big contingent... ADAM ISACSON Have Faith in the Pursuit of your Dreams. LUCHO LUIS VIDES Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. A man drank and became drunk, next he said, now i am delivered from my enemies and then walked into ... SOTONYE ANGA Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK Oftentimes somebody makes a traffic stop and the test subject is not going to be compliant, so a lot... CHRIS RANKIN The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS You are not a victim. No matter what you have been through, you're still here. You may have been cha... STEVE MARABOLI A tiny little baby!' says Tam. 'People look at me like I'm an animal. People who don't know me judge... JON RONSON But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go fr... STEPHEN CHOBOSKY I don’t know if I will have the time to write any more letters, because I might be too busy trying... STEPHEN CHBOSKY You really want to make sure that you have fun, at the end of the day. If it's not fun, what'... AYELET ZURER Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretche... EMMA LAZARUS People that don't know what they are worth will always see their capture's wings, but never their ta... SHANNON L. ALDER You can be someone's friend and have sex with them. The trick is you have to want their emotional an... LAURELL K. HAMILTON There may be a few real estate speculators who have been eyeing this area and are not happy. But tha... ANDREW BERMAN I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG A person of value have skill, a vision & a deep desire to achieve what they dream for. Happiness com... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA A man of guilt acknowledges and changes himself immediately on being hinted slightly about his fault... ANUJ SOMANY The school year progressed slowly. I felt as if I had been in the sixth grade for years, yet it was ... LUCY GREALY The value of a consultant;An outsider can see what an insider cannot see or has decided to ignore. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A family is like a card game, on one hand, you can get a really bad hand and on the other, your hand... GARY F EVANS... The worth of a person’s quote is in his or her heart where it takes the birth and the value of the... ANUJ SOMANY Walking the rugged trail of the unknown destiny can be filled with walls crashing and cracks on the ... GARY F EVANS... It makes you wonder why the human race can be so selfish and self-centered sometimes, when on cold w... GARY F EVANS... To have a pet in the family is to invite good health into your lives.It brings happiness to all and ... GARY F EVANS... I can see you have a great deal of water in your personality. Water never waits. It changes shape an... ARTHUR GOLDEN كنت أصمت أذعن لمصيري. أحمل دميتي,أنزع ملابسها, أشد شعره�... مليكة مستظرف The norm which the society at large has set today categorically is in the form of preventive measure... HENRIETTA NEWTON MARTIN LEGAL CONSULTANT The shame and the downfall of a modern materialistic society is her inability to treasure, care for,... C. JOYBELL C.
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