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Counting Quotes (page 33)

Sacrificing earth to paradise is like leaving your fortune to a corpse. I'm not that stupid. Duped by the Infinite! I am nothing; I call myself Count Nothing, the senator. Did I exist before my birth? No. Will I after my death? No. What am I? A little dust surrounding an organism. What do I have to do on this earth? I have the choice of pain or pleasure. Where will pain lead me? To nothing. But I will have suffered. Where will pleasure lead me? To nothing. But I will have enjoyed. My choice... Victor Hugo
About winning and losing: It isn't important, what really counts is how you play the game. About playing the game: PLAY TO WIN! Robert Fulghum
Bjork quote: "You show me continents, I see the islands, You count the..."
You show me continents, I see the islands, You count the centuries, I blink my eyes. Bjork
I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. Joseph Stalin
Haruki Murakami quote: "You can’t keep counting forever"
You can’t keep counting forever Haruki Murakami
Oh, yes," nodded Pollyanna, emphatically. He [her father] said he felt better right away, that first day he thought to count 'em. He said if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times [in the Bible] to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do it - SOME. Eleanor Porter
Rita Dove quote: "I was pirouette and flourish, I was filigree and flame. How..."
I was pirouette and flourish, I was filigree and flame. How could I count my blessingswhen I didn't know their names? Rita Dove
Stephenie Meyer quote: "But I don't count that as a kiss, Jacob. I think of it more as..."
But I don't count that as a kiss, Jacob. I think of it more as an assault."Ouch! That's cold. Stephenie Meyer
So ever and again young Godric’s dreams well up to flood old Godric’s prayers, or prayers and dreams reach God in such a snarl he has to comb the tangle out, and who knows which he counts more dear. Frederick Buechner
Tom counted the pages of the sermon; after church he always knew how many pages there had been, but he seldom knew anything else about the discourse. Mark Twain
But Mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right? "Yeah, I guess so,” I said, But it’s not true. A mockingbird is just a songbird. A mockingjay is a creature the capitol never intended to exist. They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wiled, to thrive in a new form. They hadn’t anticipated its will to live. Suzanne Collins
Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "The thing about working with time, instead of against it, he..."
The thing about working with time, instead of against it, he thought, is that it is not wasted. Even pain counts. Ursula K. Le Guin
Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally 'count our blessings,' give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have. Shakti Gawain
Jacqueline Susann quote: "Yes, there's one thing I do want. I want to be aware of the..."
Yes, there's one thing I do want. I want to be aware of the minutes and the seconds, and to make each one count. Jacqueline Susann
Here have lived for more centuries than I can count, the obscure generations of my own obscure family. Not one of these Richards, Johns, Annes, Elizabeths have left a token of himself behind him, yet all, working together with their spades and their needles, their love-making and their child-bearing have left this."-Viginia Woolf Virginia Woolf

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