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John Irving quote: "He was one of those people things came easily to, but he did..."
He was one of those people things came easily to, but he did little to demonstrate that he deserved to be gifted. John Irving
Just because I'm choosy about what I want - in this case, enlightenment, or peace, instead of money or prestige or fame or any of those things - doesn't mean I'm not as egotistical and self-seeking as everybody else. J. D. Salinger
Alexander the Great found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained, "I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave. Diogenes
Although quantum mechanics has been around for nearly 70 years, it is still not generally understood or appreciated, even by those that use it to do calculations. Stephen Hawking
Emiliano Zapata quote: "I forgive those who murder and steal because they did it out..."
I forgive those who murder and steal because they did it out of necessity, but a traitor never. Emiliano Zapata
Yet there were times when he did love her with all the kindness she demanded, and how was she to know what were those times? Alone she raged against his cheerfulness and put herself at the mercy of her own love and longed to be free of it because it made her less than he and dependent on him. But how could she be free of chains she had put upon herself? Her soul was all tempest. The dreams she had once had of her life were dead. She was in prison in the house. And yet who was her jailer... Pearl S. Buck
Sophocles quote: "The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves."
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves. Sophocles
He Looked and smelt like Autumn's very brother, his face being sunburnt to wheat-colour, his eyes blue as corn-flowers, his sleeves and leggings dyed with fruit-stains, his hands clammy with the sweet juice of apples, his hat sprinkled with pips, and everywhere about him the sweet atmosphere of cider which at its first return each season has such an indescribable fascination for those who have been born and bred among the orchards. Thomas Hardy
He was giving up on keeping me alive, letting nature–or rather mob justice–take its course. When he returned, and I was dead, he wouldn't hold anyone responsible. He would not mourn. All this I could hear in those three words. Stephenie Meyer
You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps. Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping. For those who limp go not backwards. But you who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness. Khalil Gibran
Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
People change,' she said'Oh, no they don't. Look at me. I've never changed. It's like those sticks of rock: bite it all the way down, you'll still read Brighton. That's human nature. Graham Greene
Modern US consumers now get to taste less than 1 percent of the vegetable varieties that were grown here a century ago. Those old-timers now lurk only in backyard gardens and on farms that specialize in direct sales--if they survive at all. Many heirlooms have been lost entirely. Barbara Kingsolver
Theodore Roosevelt quote: "For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered..."
For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know Theodore Roosevelt
It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. F. Scott Fitzgerald

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