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ALEXANDER THE GREAT I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

{His teacher...
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MY TEACHER As long as you're alive, there's always a chance things will get better.
LAINI TAYLOR Being a father, well, I don't know if this is a change, but it makes me want to get out of here fast...
RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
BEAU BRIDGES Never lie in bed at night asking yourself questions you can't answer.
CHARLES M. SCHULZ I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet f...
ST. JEROME My father superintended the English part of my education, and to his care I am indebted for anything...
JOHN MARSHALL I came to work. I don't like living here, but I need to do this for my family, for my future.
ENRIQUE C. The Only Way Out Is To DIE!!!!
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE I am not always just living, just following all my fantasies; I come up for air, for understanding.
ANAïS NIN Charles V. said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and Alexander the Great so va...
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Charles V said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and Alexander the Great so val...
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY wo chhod dete hain jb hm tnha hote hain wo paas hote hain jb mere paas hazaro hopte hain.
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BILLY SHEEHAN The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.
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O ANNA NIEMUS If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, b...
THOMAS MERTON I need my eulogy to look better than my resume. I'm living for that.
DARNELL LAMONT WALKER I will never be afraid of what anyone thinks about the way I live my life. Simply because then, I am...
DEDRICK D. L. PITTER Every time we sin, it causes chaos in our lives; maybe not at that very moment, but eventually it al...
ROBIN BERTRAM Her primary reason for living and my primary reason for living were awfully entangled.
JOHN GREEN Just for today, I release all anger Just for today, I release all worry Just for today, I give thank...
DR.'S RICK AND SUSANN CRAWFORD Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, a...
BIBLE I'm not conservative, but I am kind of clean living in my own life.
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J.R.R. TOLKIEN Since I do not believe that there should be different recommendations for people living in the Bronx...
PAUL FARMER It's a big change for me. I'm living with my four sons, my husband, my father and a male dog that's ...
WENDIE MALICK My father, a Palestinian, and my mother, an Israeli, met in a bar in New York. Their encounter was a...
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PLUTARCH Cricket was my reason for living.
HAROLD LARWOOD Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to by brethren,...
BIBLE I am living out my adolescent dream of travel and adventure.
TIM CAHILL Ask yourself:
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LAJOS KOSSUTH I am grateful for my father's legacy. I am grateful to have found out who my real friends are. I...
GRACE POE How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achi...
CECIL FRANK POWELL I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life gro...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS My mother taught me a lot about respect for all living things - for plants and animals. I am a veget...
DAVID LACHAPELLE My spirit thirst for the living water.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint!
JANE AUSTEN Breathe properly. Stay curious. And eat your beets.
TOM ROBBINS don't do things that kill you.
JOHN BYTHEWAY Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before ...
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD Meditate.
Live purely. Be quiet.
Do your work with mastery.
Like the moon, come out <...
GAUTAMA BUDDHA Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.
RONALD REAGAN Be grateful, be smart, be clean, be true, be humble, be prayerful.
GORDON B. HINCKLEY The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect litt...
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
KAREN HUGHES I now make my living by being impolite. I am clumsy at it.
KURT VONNEGUT My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father and I am damned well going to ...
KING GEORGE V I'm living my life the way I want it...living it with NO regrets. I'm not sorry for anything I've do...
MATTIE JONES As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living...
AL YANKOVIC I might as well stop living, if I am willing, to easily give up.
AILANY ICASSATTI I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.
LES DAWSON I'm not misunderstood. I am brash. I make my living being brash.
PENN JILLETTE We both thought this is where my hunger came from, living in the training center, living the simple ...
APOLO OHNO I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sak...
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LUCA GUADAGNINO A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?
JANE WAGNER Do you think I am happy to work like this? I want to earn some living to feed my children,
MAHMOUD ABBAS My mother was murdered by my step-father, my brother's father, who was also named Joel, twenty-f...
NATASHA TRETHEWEY I can only speak for myself and my own music, because that is what I am most familiar with, and I wr...
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GIULIO ANDREOTTI My father, Emil Palade, was professor of philosophy, and my mother, Constanta Cantemir-Palade, was a...
GEORGE EMIL PALADE If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure that f...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system of trade, but it's not my pur...
VANNA BONTA Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all th...
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LORRIN L. LEE I would go to parties and say I was an editor, and people, especially women – and that was importa...
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DONALD DAVIS Live each day with thankful gratitude.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I don't define lust as anything evil or nasty. Lust as defined by me, is the feeling of desire: a de...
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GRADY JOHNSON The greatest fear of my life is, if I am really living the life I fear.
EPHDAN I gave him my life, but you cannot ask me to stop living.
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The benefits of going green are sometimes not similar to obvious ...
GREEN LIVING But some things are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.
JON KRAKAUER I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.
TAYLOR MOMSEN Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted
ABRAHAM VERGHESE I don't need an ipod filled with romantic songs, hearing your voice is the most valuable thing that ...
CRISTINA OJEDA My name is Jarrett Krosoczka, and I write and illustrate books for children for a living. So I use m...
JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science ...
DAVID SOUL The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set ...
KATHLEEN BATTLE Being an artist for my well being and as a living, I live in a place of observance and interest in w...
BRANDON BOYD My goodness, I would hate to be picking it for a living. I've never seen parity like this.
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GREAT APE I need to learn bigger words and do those (things).
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ALFRED, THE GREAT Do sometimes sink with their own weights. [Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]
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FREDERICK THE GREAT I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.
CATHERINE THE GREAT All this is only for the mice and myself to admire!
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FREDERICK THE GREAT If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off
CATHERINE THE GREAT I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.
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FREDERICK THE GREAT Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.
CATHERINE THE GREAT In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read . . .
CATHERINE THE GREAT I am one of the people who love the why of things
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CATHERINE THE GREAT For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied... whenever feeling has anything to do ...
CATHERINE THE GREAT Your wit makes others witty.
CATHERINE THE GREAT For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him t...
ALFRED THE GREAT Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.
FREDERICK THE GREAT If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off.
CATHERINE THE GREAT I am one of the people who love the why of things.
CATHERINE THE GREAT Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.
CATHERINE THE GREAT Whatsoever one would understand what he hears must hasten to put into practice what he has heard.
ST. GREGORY THE GREAT Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge.
ST. GREGORY THE GREAT When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.
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ST. GREGORY THE GREAT The Lofty Gate of the Royal Tent.
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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN I'm not interested in being liked.
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me....
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company.
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man.
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to ma...
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