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And some... ALEXANDER POPE ...as long as you imagine you are rich there is nothing to thank god for, and you cannot be aware of... ANTHONY BLOOM You look out there, ... and there aren't too many true aces out there that are going to shut you dow... JASON MARQUIS The moment that you feel, just possibly, you are walking down the street naked, exposing too much of... NEIL GAIMAN There are things that are too terrible to remember, and there are things that are almost too wonderf... RICK YANCEY Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE If you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too. SUZE ORMAN The worth of things can't be measured by what they cost but by what the cost you to get it, that if ... BOB DYLAN I can tell you that he did turn away from some (legal) recommendations because he just thought they ... JOE LIEBERMAN Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. 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GLENN BRANK They've got other kids, too, that can slap this ball around in the back of your own net, too. So we'... ERIC CURTIS Your mind can't always tell the difference between pretend and reality if you pretend too long; or i... ANNABELLA SCIORRA People will tell you that writing is too difficult, that it's impossible to get your work published,... JOHN GARDNER Don't waste your tremendous voice writing messages in the sand. LORIN MORGAN-RICHARDS You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE There are too many Americans that are without basic health insurance. And those that do have it are ... MIKE LEAVITT I think it's fantastic when the young enrage their elders. I really do believe that if it's ... HENRY ROLLINS There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, yo... KAREN ARMSTRONG What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL The present fashion system is too hard - there are too many collections. The designers have no time ... AZZEDINE ALAIA I think theatre to some extent is always about telling stories, isn't it, and I think what I'... EVE ENSLER What's comfortable to me is familiarity. Comfort has nothing to do with the size of the garment.... MARC JACOBS You can over analyze anything. I constantly have to tell myself, 'Sabrina, stop thinking.' T... SABRINA LLOYD The thing that you're faulted on today is not that you are too tough, or not that you aren't... MARK RUSSELL I can't speak for them. But we've lost some games, too. It makes you face reality, that there are so... ABDUL HODGE There are too many sad stories. These animals are not inanimate pieces of property. We have to reach... DOLORIS GIANNINI Maybe I am senile already and people are too kind to tell me. People are not kind and would tell me.... JOSEPH HELLER It's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because of what you say can never be exact, y... MARGARET ATWOOD "I've learned that we are, responsible for what we do. Those spirits God sends for us to raise, are ... TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu... JAMES C. DOBSON "You are too free spoken," is your constant remark to me,
Choerilus. He who speaks against you, Ch... MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIAL It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to al... BALTASAR GRACIAN It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to al... BALTASAR GRACIÁN It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to al... BALTASAR GRACIAN There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide. EDWARD TUFTE If you communicate in a way that's too passive or too aggressive, your message may get lost because ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If all this happened to you what paradigm might you develop? How might that paradigm affect you in t... OPRAH WINFREY It is never too late to be what you might have been. GEORGE ELIOT It is never too late to become what you might have been GEORGE ELIOT I'm as bad as anybody for getting upset when things aren't going good. I've learned over the years t... OLAF KOLZIG The second thing you have to do to be a writer is to keep on writing. Don't listen to people who tel... ROBIN HOBB There is perhaps nothing confidential that the fools are often too confident than true confident. ANUJ SOMANY the government’—that’s too sweeping a term. ‘The government’ is several million people, ne... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Sometimes I read one of my stories, maybe one that I wrote thirty years ago, and I think, Now I'd go... ALICE MUNRO Step Away from the Mean Girls… …and say bye-bye to feeling bad about your looks. Are y... OPRAH WINFREY You can only control for what you can control. And without a really good understanding of the risk a... CAL BROWN One of the problems with all of this is that not all narratives are equal. Imagine, to take a silly ... DERRICK JENSEN I like to say that I provide pain relief to people whose lives are cluttered with too much stuff. Ge... PATTY WOLF You Romans wash too much to be true men. Washing is for women, to clean our breeches and our vests. ... ANDREW LEVKOFF So what I'm saying is why don't we think about changing Schrodinger's equation at some l... ROGER PENROSE If you are too busy to love, you are too busy to live; if you are too busy to live, you are too busy... MATSHONA DHLIWAYO People are at their happiest if they are true to themselves. I think that applies to their chosen pr... BEBE NEUWIRTH For me, style is about how you feel that day and what inspires you, as well as taking chances and ma... DREE HEMINGWAY I'm not too hard on myself about dieting and exercise. Some stars are a little too bony for me. ... CHRISTINA MILIAN If states go too far and pass spending limits that are too low, that might be seen as an effort to e... SPENCER OVERTON Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot te... MARIE DE FRANCE There are too many political factors that can wreck a currency. You have to do what lets you sleep a... JAMES TURK The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect fo... IGOR STRAVINSKY The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect fo... IGOR STRAVINSKY There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul. JEAN COCTEAU If it's too bitter then you might be leaving it for too long, or using too much. MARY MCMAHON When you are pointing your finger to someone else's bad thing(s), the fact is that there are three o... RIFKY NURVIANTO Too fair to worship, too divine to love. GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better sto... ZHANG YIMOU It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I co... DOUGLAS ADAMS
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