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Related Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories BEN OAK If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... 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DEYTH BANGER The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN When you tell me your story or about yourself I understand who you are and are able to share who I a... BRENT M. JONES I think it's going to happen. I look forward to it happening. But, again, when we get to that situat... DONOVAN MCNABB I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY When we die our deeds shall be left for humanity to judge & our flesh shall become dust for humanity... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads. ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One DANIEL GILMAN Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... We are this fucking stick in the end... DEYTH BANGER . . .because we had survived sisters and brothers, daughters and sons, we discovered bones... LISEL MUELLER When the past gets its teeth into our daily life, it may get to grips with an astringent reality and... ERIK PEVERNAGIE You are worth more than you think you are SOTONYE ANGA We are here because over billions of years, countless variables fell into place, any of which could ... WENDY MASS We must constantly remind ourselves that we are the image and likeness of God SOTONYE ANGA Life is a tightrope with God at the end. If we walk with our eyes down, looking at what is happenin... KRIS LEIGH SCHOTT If the seed doesn't get planted, it can't become a toxic thornbush. We must guard our minds and our ... CRAIG GROESCHEL I'm already gone. I died that night on the side of that road with my sister. TRISHA LEAVER Perfection isn't everything," she said as she turned and walked away. "I think the flaws are what ma... TRISHA LEAVER With her I'd buried myself, every memory of who I was now, six feet under with the sister I'd put th... TRISHA LEAVER We hate Simple Minds. They were no.1 in our Top Five Bands or Musicians who will have to be shot com... NICK HORNBY We carry our wounds and perhaps even worse, our capacity to wound, forward with us. If we learn not ... PATRICIA HAMPL We only suffer when we falsely identify with the objects that arise in our awareness, rather than wi... JOSEPH P. KAUFFMAN Very often when you look at the moon, you see only a part of it, but you know there is a much larger... SOURCE UNKNOWN Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles ... MAYA ANGELOU We only care about our faults when we realize them. DANIEL MELGAçO 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters. JOSE MOURINHO Sometimes we represent our weakness as if it were bad. We don’t think it’s okay to be weak…We ... HENRY CLOUD Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from ... SOURCE UNKNOWN Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer. AKIROQ BROST Come on... come on... I am waiting for answer... ... Silence doesn't make it... bet... DEYTH BANGER What, the glass is half-full instead of half-empty? Bullshit. What they don't tell you is that regar... T.J. KLUNE In this universe, and this existence, where we live with this duality of whether we exist or not and... SHEKHAR KAPUR We reflect God's character the most when we give freely of ourselves with no strings attached, no se... CRAIG GROESCHEL When We have Patience in our minds and Love in our hearts, Nothing appears to be impossible or unrea... PHILIP T.M And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no cont... ALAN RICKMAN We live aware of God moment by moment. He is not part of our lives; He is our life. CRAIG GROESCHEL When we stop trying to control others....whether they are our children, our spouse or parents, that'... RACHEL THYE We're happy about it. We're still thinking about it, trying to look past it, but it's still in the b... BRYAN LOWRY We need a shift in our message and in our pulpit SUNDAY ADELAJA We are what we remember. If we lose our memory, we lose our identity and our identity is the accumul... ERIK PEVERNAGIE Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever... CRAIG CLEVENGER The future belongs to all who, refusing to look back at the past move ahead with the clock as it tic... ODO SIMON AGBO Frank was somewhat frustrated with the perceived lack of instant reaction by the federal government.... DENNIS MILLS We must also be able to free our minds from worries. This can easily be accomplished by allowing our... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA It's about the power of stories. It's through our stories that we come to know each other and share ... FAYANNE HAYES We are all joined in a circle of stories. LINDA JOY MYERS We know our roles. Our roles are to go out there and turn it up. We look forward to it. I mean, we c... JUSTIN BERRY Our souls yearn for connection with all souls. There are people we think we prefer and others we don... ALEXANDRA KATEHAKIS It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are pupp... STANLEY MILGRAM When we are “time traveling”, we may trip over problems from the past which distort our memory. ... ERIK PEVERNAGIE See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be E. LOCKHART Lord Jesus, we come just as we are; this is how we came at first, and this is how we come still, wit... CHARLES SPURGEON Women are often worried about how they look, and that's not superficial. We know that our appear... CAMERON RUSSELL In coping with the world, we come to identify only with our compensatory selves and our reactive min... MARK EPSTEIN We drew our inspiration from everyday stories. GREG HUNT If we are able to convey ‘meaning’ to things and to actions, we may dominate part of the obscure... ERIK PEVERNAGIE I am a man, and men are animals who tell stories. This is a gift from God, who spoke our species int... CLIVE BARKER What is the meaning of life…to give life meaning. 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MAXIM GORKY We then get a better picture of the situation and are able to look at what we have written in our pl... HARRY CONOVER We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO We just are not really able, at our current staffing and current (oil) activity levels, to keep up w... LYNN HELMS We actually look to the scientific community to kind of come back to NASA and tell us what the prior... ELLEN STOFAN We are in contact with our management team there, but we are still trying to track down our employee... BILL DUFFY We've got exactly what we need to fulfill our destiny! ABHISHEK KUMAR It was just a lot of concentration. We didn't shoot very well from the field, but we were able to ma... AUSTIN HAWS We all want to be normal. Life, even normal life, is arduous, demanding, and ultimately threatening.... MARK EPSTEIN How often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessm... 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STEVEN ADLER You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge. STEVEN ADLER Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrum... STEVEN ADLER Loud is a way of life. STEVEN ADLER The real shame about the ending of the Guns N' Roses when I got kicked out wasn't just that ... STEVEN ADLER Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling r... STEVEN ADLER I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look f... STEVEN ADLER I thank God, Jesus, and my Grandmother for being able to support myself and my family. STEVEN ADLER Every musician, their goal in life is to play music that people love, and I've accomplished my g... STEVEN ADLER If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, ... STEVEN ADLER I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself. STEVEN ADLER It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science. STEVEN ADLER GN'R was five guys who were all into different things. I liked pop and disco, Izzy was into New ... STEVEN ADLER