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  • Christopher Morley : One of the odd things about being in a hurry is that it seems so fiercely important when you yourself are the hurrier and so comically ludicrous when it is someone else.
    Christopher Morley
    American Novelist, Journalist, Poet (1890 - 1957)
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  • Mark Caine A barrier is of ideas, not of things.
    Mark Caine
    American writer
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  • Bharati Mukherjee A farmer is dependent on too many things outside his control; it makes for modesty.
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    Bharati Mukherjee
    Indian American writer and professor (1940 - 2017)
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  • Don Marquis A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.
    Don Marquis
    American writer (1878 - 1937)
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  • Bernard Williams A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.
    Bernard Williams
    English philosopher (1929 - 2003)
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's mind.
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Italian painter, engineer and musician (1452 - 1519)
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  • Billy Campbell A great deal of my battle, as an actor, is to whittle away the things that make me self-conscious and try to trick myself into not being self-conscious. So, it's always a challenge, whether I'm lying in a hospital bed or flying around with a rocket pack on my back, or what have you. On the best of days, it's a challenge for me.
    Billy Campbell
    American film and television actor (1959 - )
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  • Andrew Matthews A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life.
    Andrew Matthews
    Australian speaker and author of self-help books (1957 - )
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  • Wyndham Lewis A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they showed their true colors would be seen by rights to belong rather to old age.
    Wyndham Lewis
    British painter and author (1882 - 1957)
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  • Benjamin Franklin A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Ben Lovett A lot of bad music sells a million copies; I don't think it's a good litmus test for whether things are going well.
    Ben Lovett
    American recording artist, film composer, songwriter and producer (1978 - )
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  • Bette Midler A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
    Bette Midler
    American singer, songwriter, actress and comedian (1945 - )
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  • Ben Gibbard A lot of the material is about the inevitable disappointment people feel as they move through life, and things don't feel the way they expect. No experience will ever match up to the idealized version in your mind.
    The Meaning Of Life
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Bjork A lot of the time I get obsessed by little nerdy things in my corner that no one else is interested in. I have that nerd factor in my character.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Brantley Gilbert A lot of things in my life changed, but I'm still a party animal. I'm leading the pack.
    Brantley Gilbert
    American country music singer, songwriter (1985 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist A lot of times, if you stay in the present and focus on getting the most out of yourself today, then things work out the way they're supposed to.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Boy George A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else; it's to do with me.
    Boy George
    English singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer and actor (1961 - )
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  • Bill Viola A lot of what making art is, is just being open, and empty. And putting yourself in the right place for things to, literally, come together.
    Bill Viola
    American video artist (1951 - )
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  • Vince Lombardi A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • Thomas Carlyle A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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