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There's no work so tirin' as danglin' about an' starin' an' not rightly knowin' what you're goin' to do next; and keepin' your face i' smilin' order like a grocer o' market-day for fear people shouldna think you civil enough. George Eliot
I forced words out: There are some things about myself I can't explain to anyone. There are some things I don't understand at all. I can't tell what I think about things or what I'm supposed to do about them. But if I start thinking about these things in too much detail, the whole thing gets scary. And if I get scared , I can only think about myself. I become really self-centered, and without meaning to, I hurt people. So I'm not such a wonderful human being. Haruki Murakami
Ray Bradbury quote: "I want to wake people up and make them care about being alive..."
I want to wake people up and make them care about being alive in this universe. Ray Bradbury
John considered a young master as the natural enemy of an old servant, and young people in general as a poor contrivance for carrying on the world. George Eliot
in his land, owing to the absence of settees and sofas of all sorts, the king, chiefs, and great people generally, were in the custom of fattening some of the lower orders for ottomans; and to furnish a house comfortably in that respect, you had only to buy up eight or ten lazy fellows, and lay them round in the piers and alcoves. Besides, it was very convenient on an excursion; much better than those garden-chairs which are convertible into walking-sticks; upon occasion, a chief calling his... Herman Melville
You know, there are many people in the country today who, through no fault of their own, are sane. Some of them were born sane. Some of them became sane later in their lives. Graham Chapman
Rose Kennedy quote: "Birds sing after a song. Why shouldn't people feel free to..."
Birds sing after a song. Why shouldn't people feel free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them? Rose Kennedy
... I know we loved each other, but distance can do strange things to people and before I was willing to tell you about it, I wanted to be certain that it would last...-Adrienne (on telling her daughter about Paul) Nicholas Sparks
Alain de Botton quote: "There may be significant things to learn about people by..."
There may be significant things to learn about people by looking at what annoys them most. Alain de Botton
Go forward in life with a smile on your face, a sparkle in your eyes, and with great and strong purpose in your heart. The best things in life are the people in your life, the moments we live, and memories we made along the way. Gordon B. Hinckley
Albert Einstein quote: "I never said Half the crap people say I did"
I never said Half the crap people say I did Albert Einstein
There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or health, the realisation that cherished hopes cannot always be fulfilled Beryl Bainbridge
Meg Cabot quote: "I don't do alcohol. Or other people's boyfriends. And don't..."
I don't do alcohol. Or other people's boyfriends. And don't you forget it. Meg Cabot
It is getting toward dinner time and people are straggling back to their rooms with that weary, dejected air which comes from earning a living honestly. Henry Miller
They buy things in ready-made stores. But since there are no stores where you can buy friends, people no longer have friends. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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