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How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth: and be the conclusion of the present suspense good or bad, her affection would be his forever. Their union, she believed, could not divide her more from other men, than their final separation. Jane Austen
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Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it. Agatha Christie
Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape, while at the same time providing us with valuable intelligence information on how best to proceed in the war against terror and prevent future attacks. Jim Ryun
J. D. Salinger quote: "That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed,..."
That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can't even think. J. D. Salinger
God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything. Bede Griffiths
George G. Simpson quote: "Of course the orders all converge backward in time, to..."
Of course the orders all converge backward in time, to different degrees. George G. Simpson
So saving grace, converting grace, for Augustine, is God's giving us a sovereign joy in God that triumphs over all other joys and therefore sways the will. The will is free to move toward whatever it delights in most fully, but it is not within the power of our will to determine what that sovereign joy will be. John Piper
the world has changed: it did not change without your prayers without your faith without your determination to believe in liberation and kindness; without your dancing through the years that had no beat. Alice Walker
You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks its own level. You do gravitate towards things that you would get off on. Bill Paxton
James Allen quote: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be"
As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be James Allen
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I was class mom at the preschool one year and I was pretty much asked not to do that again! Julie Bowen
Natalie Clifford Barney quote: "It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it."
It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it. Natalie Clifford Barney
Jack Kerouac quote: "Sweet life continues in the breeze, in the golden fields."
Sweet life continues in the breeze, in the golden fields. Jack Kerouac
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. Winston Churchill
My parents were really encouraging. But I had to teach them the proper way you respond to an actor after seeing a play - regardless of whether you like their performance you tell them how great they are because they have to go on again the next night. Billy Crudup