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A Warrior knows that an angel and a devil are both competing for his sword hand. The devil says: "You will weaken. You will not know exactly when. You are afraid." The angel says: "You will weaken. You will not know exactly when. You are afraid." The Warrior is surprised. Both the angel and the devil have said the same thing. The devil continues: "Let me help you." And the angel says: "I will help you." At that moment the Warrior understands the difference. The words may be the same but... Paulo Coelho
Harvey Korman quote: "I played Hamlet, I played Chekhov and Ibsen and all the classics."
I played Hamlet, I played Chekhov and Ibsen and all the classics. Harvey Korman
Miracles are (in late documents, I believe) recorded of the Buddha. But what could be more absurd than that he who came to teach us that Nature is an illusion from which we must escape should occupy himself in producing effects on the Natural level-that he who comes to wake us from the nightmare should add to the nightmare? The more we respect his teaching the less we could accept his miracles. C. S. Lewis
However, those who have used those words use half the sentence to fit their purpose, which, of course, I believe is to discredit me and the new Nation of Islam that has come up around me. Louis Farrakhan
This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for. Chiwetel Ejiofor
James Stockdale quote: "They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal..."
They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech. James Stockdale
No one should expect building a new high-growth, software-powered company in an established industry to be easy. It's brutally difficult. Marc Andreessen
Edward Abbey quote: "Why this cult of wilderness?... because we like the taste of..."
Why this cult of wilderness?... because we like the taste of freedom; because we like the smell of danger. Edward Abbey
And because I love this life. I know I shall love death as well. The child cries out when. From the right breast the mother. Takes it away, in the very next moment. To Find in the left one. Its consolation. Rabindranath Tagore
Do whatever comes your way to do as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself. Think as much as possible about other people. Dwell on things that are interesting. Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. Eleanor Roosevelt
Thomas Kretschmann quote: "I don't pretend anything anymore. I don't have time, desire or..."
I don't pretend anything anymore. I don't have time, desire or energy to calculate anymore. Thomas Kretschmann
You fear them because you fear death, and rightly: for death is terrible and must be feared,' the mage said...'And life is also a terrible thing,' Ged said, 'and must be feared and praised. Ursula K. Le Guin
I had never seen hair that purely black. It was glossy and slightly long, the ends drifting over his collar. That sexy length was the crowning touch of bad boy hotness over the successful businessman, like whipped cream topping on a hot fudge brownie sundae. As my mother would say, only rogues and raiders had hair like that." (Eva about Gideon) Sylvia Day
Richard Bach quote: "You seek problems because you need their gifts."
You seek problems because you need their gifts. Richard Bach
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. Barbara Ehrenreich