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BELLO KNOCK These guys are part of the magic of Nashville. When you ask them to give their best to God, this is ... JEFF SIMPSON Rather than being medicalized or romanticized, mental disorders, or mental dis-eases, should be unde... NEEL BURTON JOHN SERGEANT WISE REMAIN #YOU'!!!!ABHA MARYADA BANERJEE Most people believe that their listening skills are where they need to be, even though they aren'... TRAVIS BRADBERRY VIRONIKA TUGALEVA People are highly motivated to have nicer amenities, and the rise in real estate is used almost as a... MARK STEPHENSON TINA FEY The problem with some people is that they use their religion as a part of their identity rather than... NICK KINSELLA JULIAN BARNES As a result of things that may have happened in their past, women seem to find it hard to trust anyb... CORALLIE BUCHANAN PLINY THE ELDER The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them... PLINY CHRISTINA ENGELA The path of compassion does not obligate you to love people regardless of how they act or who they a... SANAYA ROMAN ABHIJIT NASKAR If you ask people what attracted them to the person they love, they never tell you of some perfect f... EUGENE KENNEDY JOHN BRADSHAW HOMER There was a sense of self-doubt in India, within itself. People were not exactly as confident as you... CHETAN AHYA CASSANDRA CLARE In order for things to change, you have to see them as you want them to be rather than continuing to... ESTHER HICKS Asking for blessings,receiving blessings, becoming a blessing,becoming a source of blessings PAUL GITWAZA Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Christ became ever ... A. J. GOSSIP They were nothing more than modern day pagan worshippers. Congregants of a religion built on greed a... 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AUBREY DANIELS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Unfortunately, when we run out of room, some of the sentimental items without monetary value, (such ... LEE BAERLOCHER I know that many students take personal responsibility for their education and succeed as a result. ... BRIAN SANDOVAL I have no doubt that mothers in America use my name to frighten their children into finishing their ... LORD BLACK A surrogate activity is an activity that is directed toward an artificial goal that the individual p... THEODORE J. KACZYNSKI FRANK HERBERT JOHN CONNOLLY SHANNON L. ALDER PAUL BLOOM [Most of the young people surveyed believe their financial situation will improve as they get older,... JEAN JOHNSON THOMAS HARDY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I often wonder what drives people to do things. Whether it's put into their minds at birth, or if it... JESSICA SORENSEN If you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back. I think that... ADRIAN LYNE MARK HADDON People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as... M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN When you love somebody, and they have a child, you love their child. You just accept it as a part of... NATHAN PARSONS NICCOLò MACHIAVELLI JENNIFER LOPEZ W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM BARUCH SPINOZA JOHN TILLOTSON Children are born optimists and we slowly educate them out of their heresy LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY If someone's personhood is in doubt (or seen as lacking), all the easier to direct death wishes at t... JOSé ALANIZ CASSANDRA CLARE MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA IMAN Too often people look at the disability only and are quick to diagnose someone or try and figure out... MATT BROOKS I like to see when they rise in ranks and achieve their goals. It is good to know that you helped th... JOSHUA THOMPSON WARREN G. BENNIS B. B. KING BARBARA SHER People moving into Orange County are typically concerned about two things. They want to know about t... BARBARA STEVENS These bits of paper are covered with lies. They poison your minds. And so long as they exist, you ca... OLIVER BOWDEN WILLIAM HAZLITT Such a bonus is nothing other than a waste of money and that runs against their fiduciary duty. Ther... KLAUS TOLKSDORF We need a brand as a party that says we're the party that are going to help working-class people... TIM RYAN ABHIJIT NASKAR WILLIAM JAMES You have got to boss scrums. The players need to know what you want them to adhere to. Then it is up... ALAN LEWIS SUNDAY ADELAJA ANTHONY TROLLOPE It's no surprise that more small business owners enjoy being their own boss. It gives them control o... LAURIE MCCABE RUPI KAUR
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