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John Newton quote: "Amazing grace! how sweet the sound. That saved a wretch like..."

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound. That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now i see.

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My life is absolutely meaningless. When I consider the different periods into which it falls, it seems like the word Schnur in the dictionary, which means in the first place a string, in the second, a daughter-in-law. The only thing lacking is that the word Schnur should mean in the third place a camel, in the fourth, a dust-brush. Soren Kierkegaard
But we were all young once. It passes, like innocence and a sense of fair play. The only thing left in the end is a good instinct for survival. Laurell K. Hamilton
Elizabeth I quote: "The past cannot be cured."
The past cannot be cured. Elizabeth I
The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion. David Herbert Lawrence
Demosthenes quote: "All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action."
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. Demosthenes
Gene Tunney quote: "Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing..."
Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. Gene Tunney
Christopher Isherwood quote: "Never mind. Never mind. In this brief life, one cannot always..."
Never mind. Never mind. In this brief life, one cannot always be counting the cost. Christopher Isherwood
Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past. Leo Tolstoy
My idea of an amusement park story is getting adventurers to go tour environmental disaster areas. After all, if the entire Great Barrier Reef gets killed, which seems like an extremely lively possibility, what are you going to do with all that rotting limestone? Bruce Sterling
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist; the good are ever too luke-warm. Algernon H. Blackwood
He sounded like me when I sensed there were drugs around: "All I know is that if someone wants to get high, or wants to watch while I smoke his dope, I'll do it. I really will. David Sedaris
I'm one of those that have said, one of my key principles is I will not support a health care reform bill that is not deficit-neutral, period. Mike Ross
Isn't it supposed to be like this?" He smiled. "The glory of first love, and all that. It's incredible, isn't it, the difference between reading about something, seeing it in the pictures, and experiencing it?"Very different," I agreed. "More forceful than I'd imagined. Stephenie Meyer
Philip Kearny quote: "I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest..."
I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat. Philip Kearny
R-4 got stuck on the First Law. "Can anyone really protect a human being from all harm whatever?" it thought. "No. It is inevitable that all humans must be injured, contract illnesses and ultimately die. The future can only be averted for humans who are already dead. Ergo..." It took a dozen cops to subdue R-4, after his blood orgy in a department store (83 dead, none injured). John Sladek