The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow everything your high-born teachers tell you without takinga long hard look at it yourselves.
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Related This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS At this stage as we look forward, I wouldn't say nothing is resolved. But it's not nearly as clear a... BILL LUNCH I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is nothing so nice as supposing. It's almost like being a fairy. If you suppose anything hard ... FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing ... LEON URIS Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it d... RICHARD FEYNMAN Some people don't have to work nearly as hard to go as she did. I don't know how it will turn out. B... DENNIS SHAVER Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me And tune his merry note, Unto the ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE It was a nice way to finish my career. We just threw everything out there and skate as hard as we co... JOSH RICCI You go on living life, as if, everything is real, as everything is going into your mind, but you wil... ROSHAN SHARMA It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love. OLIVIER MARTINEZ it doesnt matter how slow you go, as long as you dont stop ELIN As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times. ORSON SCOTT CARD It is so simple, yet so hard for some people to do. If you want someone out of your life then you an... SHANNON L. ALDER You must completely dedicate yourselves to it. To do less will be to let down your country, your sta... HOMER HICKAM I personally look at acting-at least for television-as an occupation for the mentally challenged. It... DANNY BONADUCE People see what they want to see SUSAN BETH PFEFFER For as it turns out, one can revisit the past quite pleasantly, as long as one does so expecting nea... AMOR TOWLES O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! And yet again wonderful, and after that, out o... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I was too young that time to value her, But now I know her. If she be a traitor, Why, so ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY dont be hard on yourself for doing something wrong, be hard on yourself when you question your faith... BAILEY CHANDRA People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole... WILLIE STARGELL WOndER Why HeARt BeAtS YoU HArd InSide THe ChEst.... But Still RemAIns Painless... Nd As sOOn As It ... MONIKA SINGH Opening your mind isnt as simple as opening your eyes. ANDONI GARCIA There can never be any real freedom on earth as long as people try to exert ownership over the natur... BRYANT MCGILL When something is as remarkable as 'The Sopranos,' our audience would like to see it continue as lon... CHRIS ALBRECHT I think it has real promise as long as there isn't some unexpected safety issue. FREDERICK HAYDEN In looking out into the world, it didn't look all that nice out there. And who were the nice peo... TAJ MAHAL I look at the artistic process as like experiencing the world, channeling it through your personalit... DAVID SANBORN If your words are soft and sweet, they won't be as hard to swallow if you have to eat them. SOURCE UNKNOWN Now you be careful in the real world" said Armpit " Not everyone is as nice as us. LOUIS SACHAR When you sleep, your dream world is as real to you as life, isn’t it? RICHARD MATHESON Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the... JENNIFER WEINER Confound you handsome young fellows! You think of having it all your own way in the world. You don't... GEORGE ELIOT Sometimes everything you know in the world turns out to be a lie. But at the end of the day the lie ... HOPE ESTHEIM As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it mea... MARIAN ANDERSON If people want to protest, to get out there and express themselves, as long as they do it peacefully... KEITH ELLISON I wish there were a rulebook for intimacy. Some kind of guide to tell you when you've crossed the li... MEREDITH GREY It just means that the person who's born happy doesn't have to try as hard -- just like thin people ... SONJA LYUBOMIRSKY We've actually eliminated Type II polio in the world, at least as far as we can tell. SETH BERKLEY JAQUES: Rosalind is your love's name? ORLANDO: Yes, just. JAQUES: I do not lik... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Here comes Monseiur Le Beau. Rosalind: With his mouth full of news. Celia: Which he will p... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times. ORSON SCOTT CARD You can't do everything, at the same time, always, and forever. But if you look at your life and... STACEY SNIDER No matter how many people tell you, Save your money, when you've got a series, you never do. Som... DAVID MORSE Life:
What I came to realize in life so far is that fear, that’s its the worst of it. That’s the... CHADWICK WEBB Without a dog, no one will listen to your opinions for more than a few minutes without interrupting ... W. BRUCE CAMERON Going there is paying your dues. You always have to pay your dues. . . . You've just got to do it. M... CARLOS MENCIA It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning around. HENRY DAVID THOREAU Everything that UCLA stands for, it's top of the food chain. So you either look at those things ... STEVE ALFORD Actually, I just look at it as a blessing to tell you the truth, PATRICIA GOLDEN As cheesy as it sounds, nothing beats a smile and a bit of confidence! As long as you feel good on t... ZOE SUGG Some people would look at a backing track as something that would confine you, but it really frees u... TYLER JOSEPH Everything is inspiration. If you look at the world as the incredible place it is, then each moment ... J.D. MEANS You've maddened me for you...have changed everything. So, I'm going to f*ck you long and hard, beaut... KRESLEY COLE I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time... MICHAEL PHELPS I tell young people that people aren't just going to flock to you as your mentors. You have to s... JUDITH JAMISON As far as I'm concerned, you're a feminist by default if you're born in the Western worl... CAITLIN MORAN People talk of sorrow as if it is soft, a thing of water and tears. But true sorrow is not soft. Tru... LAURELL K. HAMILTON If everything must have a cause, then God must have a cause. If there can be anything without a caus... BERTRAND RUSSELL You be as angry as you need to be," she said. "Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Not your grandma... PATRICK NESS And do not swallow up your property among yourselves by false means, neither seek to gain access the... QURAN No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a ... MARIAN ANDERSON I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many peo... RODNEY KING Every meeting led to a parting, and so it would, as long as life was mortal. In every meeting there ... CASSANDRA CLARE Getting in the zone doesn't happen nearly as often as people like to think it does. But whether you'... AYNSLEY SMITH Getting in the zone doesn't happen nearly as often as people like to think it does. But whether you'... AYNSLEY M. SMITH People will talk down on you to build themselves up,People will point the fingers at your past as if... TANICA S HALL But new love only lasts so long, and then you crash back into the real people you are, and from as h... MARYA HORNBACHER It's tough because it happened so fast. At one point we were up there, and now we're at the bottom. ... MAURICE AGER You don't think the game's going to go as long as it did. You go out there and try to get your innin... RUSS SPRINGER At this point, you're doing everything they tell you and it's been static for a number of weeks. As ... BRIAN ALLEN Do the days work. If it be to protect the rights of the weak, whoever objects, do it. If it be to he... CALVIN COOLIDGE Praise can be your most valuable asset as long as you don't aim it at yourself. UNKNOWN For believe me! — the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the great... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE I speak the truth. Not everyone who says they are ready to hear it really are. MONIKA ZANDS It has already gone on for an awfully long time. But that doesn't mean that it can't go on some more... BRAD SETSER go outside at tell the world to f*ck its self! you are who you are! express your self... and how eve... SIMI GREWAL We tell the girls harder is not always better, and they still got up there and hit it as hard as the... BRENDA HADWIN The world in your mind is as real as the world outside of it. MELISSA DE LA CRUZ We don't look at teachers as scholars the way they do in Europe. In Spain you're called a pr... FRANK MCCOURT Some people are like satellite. They can be in the middle of nowhere and still will strike messages ... RAJIV - VRD Any time you can get some momentum going for yourselves, it is a confidence builder. You want to kee... CHRISTOPHER HIGGINS There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without er... OLIVER GOLDSMITH You can't predict it all. People will tell you to plan things out as best you can. They will tel... ELIZABETH WARREN As long as one person lives in darkness then it seems to be a responsibility to tell other people. BILL HICKS Long distance is hard. You have to trust that as you each change on your own, your relationship will... CRAIG M. MULLANEY Everyday people all over the world take advantage of life, they abuse it and dice with it.Life is so... GARY F EVANS... Free your mind and let it all hang out, be yourselves, go there with positive energy if you have any... FRED DURST There really is something nice about it as far as energizing this team. This team has some deadbeats... PHIL JACKSON Isn't it nice that people who prefer Los Angles to San Francisco live there? HERB CAEN There isnt always an explanation for everything. ERNEST HEMINGWAY If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as on... ROHINTON MISTRY Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on... BETTY SMITH (WRITER) We gave it to them. It's a little hard to swallow, but you have to look to the future and hope to ge... ASHTON WHIDDEN I feel like you have to be committed by doing it right in terms of female sports. Some people look a... ALLEN WARD When I look around at this world, we women need each other so badly, it breaks my heart. Sisterhood ... GRACE GEALEY Maine is wonderful. It can be very hard. I mean, if you look at the profile maps it doesn't look... BILL BRYSON If you look at what's growing in the beer industry, it's import and craft beers. They're higher pric... HARRY SCHUHMACHER
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