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The rugs that I picked out and the pillows with the little owls, sort of like whimsical throw pillows - I feel like you can never enough whimsical throw pillows in your house, in your life. My husband probably disagrees.
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The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.
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The sacred, I shall say, is that which acts as your partner in the search for the highest and deepest things: the real, the true, the good, and the beautiful. The name I'd like to give to the kind of relationship that gives us a chance to find such things is a 'circle of meaning.'
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The saddest utensil I've come across is an 'anti-loneliness ramen bowl,' which holds your iPhone to keep you company as you slurp your solitary bowl of noodles. But the iPhone cannot return your gaze or reassure you that you didn't squeeze too much lime into the soup, though maybe a dinner-conversation app is only a matter of time.
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The safest way to double your money is to fold over once and put it in your pocket.
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The saints, many of them women, warred with themselves as well as God. The body has its own animal urges, just as there are attractions and repulsions in sex that modern liberalism cannot face.
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The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
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The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
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The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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The secret of making something work in your lives is, first of all, the deep desire to make it work: then the faith and belief that it can work: then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one thought of doubt or disbelief.
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
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The secret of successful journalism is to make your readers so angry they will write half your paper for you.
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The secret to a happy marriage is to tell your spouse everything, but the essentials.
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The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
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The secret to living in the rush of the world with a minimum of pain is to get as many people as possible to string along with your delusions.
Source: The Human Stain (2000) -
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
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The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor soul, nor what we call the self. The face is only the serial number of a specimen.
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The significant problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
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The simplest way to customize is to phone members of the audience in advance and ask them what they expect from your session and why they expect it. Then use their quotes throughout your presentation.
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