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Henri Frederic Amiel quote: "Society lives by faith, and develops by science."

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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If you imagine that you will be able to achieve your ideal by ingeniously planning out a timetable with a pen on a piece of paper, you had better give up hope at once. If you are not prepared for discouragements and disillusions; if you will not be content with a small result for a big effort, then do not begin. Lie down again and resume the uneasy doze which you call your existence. Arnold Bennett
Carol Leifer quote: "I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain."
I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain. Carol Leifer
My mind and gut are never simpatico: Every time I think somebody likes me, she doesn't; every time I think somebody doesn't like me, she does. This has never changed and I'm certain it never will. Chuck Klosterman
You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line... We're just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best. Miles Davis
Paddy Ashdown quote: "I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were..."
I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots. Paddy Ashdown
Oh, my darling, wish you were here! And my dark soul is happy again, because it does not know how to be anything else for very long, andbecause the pain is a deep dark sea in which I would drown if I did not sail my little craft steadily over thesurface, steadily towards a sun which will never rise. Anne Rice
William Goldman quote: "Duhhhhhhh, tanks, Buttercup."
Duhhhhhhh, tanks, Buttercup. William Goldman
Their constant outward-looking, their mania for radios, cars, and a thousand other trinkets made them dream and fix their eyes upon the trash of life, made it impossible for them to learn a language which could have taught them to speak of what was in their or others' hearts. The words of their souls were the syllables of popular songs. Richard Wright
Terry Goodkind quote: "Zedd used to tell me that if the road is easy, you're likely..."
Zedd used to tell me that if the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way." - Richard Terry Goodkind
Jean Renoir quote: "The foundation of all civilization is loitering."
The foundation of all civilization is loitering. Jean Renoir
Peter Sarsgaard quote: "If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then..."
If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl. Peter Sarsgaard
Maya Angelou quote: "No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does..."
No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. Maya Angelou
There is a lot of love in him, a lot of love in his heart...And he is up there with no one and nothing to love. It is a bad thing to have love and no where to put it. Kate DiCamillo
in general, from the violation of a few simple laws of humanity arises the wretchedness of mankind - that as a species we have in our possession the as yet unwroght elements of content - and that, even now, in the present darkness and madness of all thought on the great question of social condition, it is not impossible that man, the individual, under certain unusual and highly fortuitous conditions, my be happy Edgar Allan Poe
Walter Scott quote: "For success, attitude is equally as important as ability."
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. Walter Scott