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Thing Quotes (page 713)

To me there are three things everyone should do every day. Number one is laugh. Number two is think -- spend some time time in thought. Number three, you should have your emotions move you to tears. If you laugh, think and cry, that's a heck of a day. Jim Valvano
E. L. Konigsburg quote: "There were times in school when a person had to do things..."
There were times in school when a person had to do things fast, cheap, and without character. E. L. Konigsburg
Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. A. A. Milne
You imagine the carefully pruned, shaped thing that is presented to you is truth. That is just what it isn't. The truth is improbable, the truth is fantastic; it's in what you think is a distorting mirror that you see the truth. Jean Rhys
Edward Gorey quote: "When people are finding meaning in things -- beware."
When people are finding meaning in things -- beware. Edward Gorey
Duke Ellington quote: "It doesn't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing"
It doesn't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing Duke Ellington
Karen wasn't hard, she was soft, too soft. A soft touch. Her hair was soft, her smile was soft, her voice was soft. She was so soft there was no resistance. Hard things sank into her, they went right through her, and if she made a real effort, out the other side. Then she didn't have to see them or hear them, or even touch them. Margaret Atwood
If only I had some grease I could fix some kind of a light," Ma considered. "We didn't lack for light when I was a girl before this newfangled kerosene was ever heard of."That's so," said Pa. "These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraph and kerosene and coal stoves--they're good things to have, but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Keith Urban quote: "And now you've lost the only thing that ever made you feel..."
..And now you've lost the only thing that ever made you feel alive Keith Urban
Margaret liked this smile; it was the first thing she had admired in this new friend of her father's; and the opposition of character, shown in all these details of appearance she had just been noticing, seemed to explain the attraction they evidently felt towards each other. Elizabeth Gaskell
The Bibliotheque du Roi then gives you the closest thing that currently exists to God's understanding of the world."And yet with a bigger library we could come ever so much closer. Neal Stephenson
Victor Hugo quote: "A strange thing has happened, do you know? I am in darkness...."
A strange thing has happened, do you know? I am in darkness. There is a person who, departing, took away the sun. Victor Hugo
You know Mildred would never do anything wrong or foolish. I reflected a little sadly that this was only too true and hoped I did not appear too much that kind of person to others. Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing. Barbara Pym
One of the better definitions of insanity - doing the exact same thing over and over and expecting the result to be different. Anthony Kiedis
Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout. Henry David Thoreau

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