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Taking Quotes (page 216)

Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away... A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him. Plato
Alice! A childish story take, And with a gentile hand. Lay it where Childhood dreams are twined. In memory's mystic band, Like pilgrim's withered wreath of flowers. Pluck'd in a far off land. Lewis Carroll
The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and, out of my observation that most men that do thrive in the world do forget to take pleasure during the time that they are getting their estate, but reserve that till they have got one, and then it is too late for them to enjoy it. Samuel Pepys
What goes around may come around, but it never ends up exactly the same place, you ever notice? Like a record on a turntable, all it takes is one groove's difference and the universe can be on into a whole 'nother song. Thomas Pynchon
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "It takes chaos to give birth to a dancing star"
It takes chaos to give birth to a dancing star Friedrich Nietzsche
Have we been guilty of declaring, ‘I’ve been thinking about making some course corrections in my life. I plan to take the first step—tomorrow’? With such thinking, tomorrow is forever. Such tomorrows rarely come unless we do something about them today. Thomas S. Monson
My high school guidance counselor, Mrs. Inverholl, once had me take an aptitude test to figure out my future. The number one job recommendation for my set of skills was an air traffic accident investigator, of which there are fewer than fifty in the world. The number two job was a museum curator for Chinese-American studies. The number three job was a circus clown. Jodi Picoult
Not altogether a fool," said G., "but then he's a poet, which I take to be only one remove from a fool."True," said Dupin, after a long and thoughtful whiff from his meerschaum, "although I have been guilty of certain doggerel myself. Edgar Allan Poe
Love is universal migraine, A bright stain on the vision. Blotting out reason. Symptoms of true love. Are leanness, jealousy, Laggard dawns; Are omens and nightmares -Listening for a knock, Waiting for a sign: For a touch of her fingers. In a darkened room, For a searching look. Take courage, lover! Could you endure such pain. At any hand but hers? Robert Graves
There are all sorts of dream interpretations, Freud's being the most notorious, but I have always believed they served a simple eliminatory function, and not much more - that dreams are the psyche's way of taking a good dump every now and then. Stephen King
Geri Halliwell quote: "It's important to learn to laugh at ourselves, don't take life..."
It's important to learn to laugh at ourselves, don't take life too seriously. Geri Halliwell
Be a child again. Flirt. Giggle. Dip your cookies in your milk. Take a nap. Say you're sorry if you hurt someone. Chase a butterfly. Be a child again. Max Lucado
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "His life, measured in space and time, will take up a mere few..."
His life, measured in space and time, will take up a mere few lines, which my ignorance will abbreviate further. Jorge Luis Borges
As it turned out, though, it was a lot easier to say that someone deserved to die for what they did than it was to take the responsibility to make that happen. Jodi Picoult
John Knowles quote: "There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream."
There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream. John Knowles

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