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  • Bhagavad Gita O Krishna, the stillness of divine union which you describe is beyond my comprehension. How can the mind, which is so restless, attain lasting peace? Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, powerful, violent; trying to control it is like trying to tame the wind.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • St. Teresa of Avila O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.
    St. Teresa of Avila
    Spanish saint, mystic (1515 - 1582)
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  • William Shakespeare O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Adrian Lyne Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don't know, I've always been intrigued by those emotions.
    Adrian Lyne
    English film director, writer and producer (1941 - )
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  • Bobby Flay Obviously, the easiest recipes are the most successful when it comes to the home cook, because they're not intimidated by them. If I'm doing 'Boy Meets Grill,' and I do something very simple like grilled hamburgers or steaks or chicken, those are the most sought-after recipes.
    Bobby Flay
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (1964 - )
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  • Bode Miller Obviously, you always want to win, but you want to win by skiing a race that you're proud of and you feel like you really challenged yourself and left it all out there.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Benedict Wong Occasionally, when you do a take, and - what I kind of sort of like is asking for a PPB - Personal Play Back.
    Benedict Wong
    English actor (1971 - )
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  • Belle Livingstone Odd how the erotic appeal has swung away from legs; today a smart girl takes her legs for granted and gets herself a good sweater.
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  • Joseph Cook Of all my wife's relations I like myself the best.
    Joseph Cook
    6th prime minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914 (1860 - 1947)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation... none was more alarming, from a feminist point of view, than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Walter Benjamin Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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  • Bertolt Brecht Of all the works of man I like best
    Those which have been used.
    The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges
    The knives and forks whose wooden handles
    Have been worn away by many hands: such forms
    Seemed to me the noblest.
    Poems, 1913-1956 Of all the works of man [Von allen Werken] (c. 193
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Bobby Davro Of course it was difficult accepting the change in TV trends. It all ended quite early for me. I was in my mid-30s, and I hadn't achieved everything I wanted. There's nothing on TV for people like me anymore. All they want are new young faces.
    Bobby Davro
    English actor and comedian (1958 - )
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  • Barbara Cartland Of course they have, or I wouldn't be sitting here talking to someone like you.
    Barbara Cartland
    English author of romance novels (1901 - 2000)
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  • Brad Dourif Of course, I would like to play the guy next door, but nobody's going to hire me for that kind of role.
    Brad Dourif
    American actor (1950 - )
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Billy Collins Often people, when they're confronted with a poem, it's like someone who keep saying 'what is the meaning of this? What is the meaning of this?' And that dulls us to the other pleasures poetry offers.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Brea Grant Oh my God, I'm so excited. I love Comic-Con, it feels like a weird nerd camp. All my nerd friends are there and all the comic book writers I know and then a lot of actors, too, and you hang out with these people for just a few days, but you hang out with them all day, every day. It's like camp - it's like a weird camp. I love it.
    Brea Grant
    American actress and writer (1981 - )
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  • Bertolt Brecht Oh the harsh snarl of guitar strings roaring!
    Heavenly distensions of our throats!
    Trousers stiff with dirt and love! Such whoring!
    Long green slimy nights: we were like stoats.
    Poems, 1913-1956 Those days of my youth [O, Ihr Zeiten meiner Jugen
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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