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Satchel Paige quote: "Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no..."
Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common. Satchel Paige
Margaret Cho quote: "Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable..."
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone's life forever. Margaret Cho
Because nothing is as good as you can imagine it. No one is as beautiful as she is in your head. Nothing is as exciting as your fantasy. Chuck Palahniuk
We cannot think first and act afterwards. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action and can only guide it by taking thought. Alfred North Whitehead
Ellen Terry quote: "Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is."
Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is. Ellen Terry
Therefore was I created with a stubborn outside, with an aspect of iron, that when I come to woo ladies, I fright them. But, in faith, Kate, the elder I wax, the better I shall appear. My comfort is that old age, that ill layer-up of beauty, can do no more spoil upon my face. Thou hast me, if thou hast me, at the worst, and thou shalt wear me, if thou wear me, better and better. William Shakespeare
Writers don't often say anything that readers don't already know, unless its a news story. A writer's greatest pleasure is revealing to people things they knew but did not know they knew. Or did not realize everyone else knew, too. This produces a warm sense of fellow feeling and is the best a writer can do. Andy Rooney
if a person wishes to achieve peace of mind and happiness then they should acquire faith, but if they want to be a disciple of truth, which can be "frightening and ugly? then they need tosearch. Friedrich Nietzsche
The Joker's henchmen break into the museum and empty the display cases; this occurs repeatedly, again and again: finally it can be reckoned upon beforehand and becomes a part of the exhibition. Jonathan Lethem
...the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you. Mitch Albom
Haruki Murakami quote: "No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go,..."
No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go, people can never be anything but themselves. That's all. Haruki Murakami
Mark Twain quote: "Their very imagination was dead. When you can say that of a..."
Their very imagination was dead. When you can say that of a man he has struck bottom... there is no lower deep for him. Mark Twain
There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always. Isabel Allende
L. Ron Hubbard quote: "Learning locked in mildewed books is of little use to anyone..."
Learning locked in mildewed books is of little use to anyone and therefore of no value unless it can be used. L. Ron Hubbard
Prayer is a relationship; half the job is mine. If I want transformation, but can't even be bothered to articulate what, exactly, I'm aiming for, how will it ever occur? Half the benefit of prayer is in the asking itself, in the offering of a clearly posed and well-considered intention. If you don't have this, all your pleas and desires are boneless, floppy, inert; they swirl at your feet in a cold fog and never lift. Elizabeth Gilbert

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