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If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because every... 
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... 
Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... 
When you draw or paint a tree, you do not imitate the tree; you do not copy it exactly as it is, whi... 
Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - never imagine yourself not to ... 
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. 
Stealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it ... 
It's just so cool when you meet people who are different than you are. That can give you a diffe... 
It ends or it doesn't.
Who you know only gets you in the door; what you know gets you the keys to the house. 
All that the spider needs to complete its web is step taking 
What if you could be anything, or anybody, you chose to be? Think about it. What would you choose to... 
Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless ... 
I always had all of these childhood fantasies about wanting to invent things, like a spaceship or a ... 
For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... 
I was hoping it would, you know, gross somewhere around $30 million or something, which is what most... 
You must always be puzzled by mental illness. The thing I would dread most, if I became mentally ill... 
But her smile was bleak, without light or warmth. And for the first time I thought of what it must b... 
The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'... 
Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - A house is no home unless it c... 
What would you do if you only had one day left in this world? Spend it with the people you love? Tra... 
If you could actually get rid of your special power which alienates you from the rest of the world, ... 
If you had to find a period in history that would equate to what the Internet has presented us with ... 
Are you able to open to the possibility that what you want is not what you need right now? If it was... 
So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet t... 
It was from feeling oneself that one had reached the last barrier, that it was horrible, but that it... 
God is fond of you. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. If He had a refrigerator, your pi... 
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When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you. 
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To be, or not to be, that is the question. 
Be one of the crowd? It went against everything a wizard stood for, and a wizard would not stand for... 
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If you live today, you breath in nihilism ... it's the gas you breathe. If I hadn't had the Church t... 
It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to s... 
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I've had a good crack but if I don't win another two or more before I retire I would still feel I ha... 
Everyone thought they would be friends for decades, forever. But for most people, of course, that ha... 
Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know. 
And maybe, although it was a thing you could hardly bear to think about, like death or your last jud... 
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If this were a video game, you could just break everything in this room and a bunch of money would c... 
I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be one of so many, to have not just parents and siblings... 
You had a choice: you could either strain and look at things that appeared in front of you in the fo... 
Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it. 
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Gift giving is a true art.
You have what others don't have. This is good news which means you can do what others can't do! You ... 
I do not know what to say, how to tempt you. If you had a price, I would pay it. If you desired part... 
If you were a kid in 1955, you would pick up a copy of 'Popular Science' and it would say, &... 
I am in favor of a foreign policy that will cultivate relations of peace with all nations, and I wil... 
I am in favor of admitting any territory into the Union of States as soon as it has fulfilled the re... 
The general commanding congratulates his troops on their brilliant and successful occupation of Roan... 
My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of so... 
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No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the mai... 
By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Am... 
Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don't be in s... 
This Constitution was not made for a day, nor is it composed of such flexible materials as to be war... 
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. 
Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute. 
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. 
High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just ... 
When I was growing up in rural Alabama, it was impossible for me to register to vote. I didn't b... 
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I was introduced to the Turducken in New Orleans. And it wasn't Thanksgiving. Glenn at the Gourm... 
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How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. 
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I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'... 
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As you grow older, you learn a few things. One of them is to actually take the time you've allot... 
When California was wild, it was the floweriest part of the continent. 
My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers. 
I've loved reading all my life. 
All I'm for is the liberty of the individual. 
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer ... 
Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving. 
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. 
Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking. 
If you don't interfere with me, I'll always do something really good. 
Generalizations, like brooms, ought not to stand in a corner forever; they ought to sweep as a matte... 
Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else. 
The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. 
I'm not interested in my legacy. I made up a word: 'live-acy.' I'm more interested i... 
The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shir... 
Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake? 
Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar. 
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The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undi... 
Old friends are best. 
They say stay in the lines, but there's always something better on the other side. 
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Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. 
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When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have... 
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You have to keep persevering. An actor goes to a lot of auditions and doesn't get the part. 
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A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. 
Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. 