"Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."
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"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television."
"Love gives you eyes."
"God is here. This truth should fill our lives, and every Christmas should be for us a new and special meeting with God, when we allow his light and grace to enter deep into our soul."
"Treat'em Like a Dishtowel (⌣́,⌣̀)⇝♥⇜(^◡^ ) [10w] "If I wring you out will you wring me back?"
"But, in her life, nothing was going to happen. Such was the will of God! The future was a dark corridor, and at the far end the door was bolted."
"You're mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid.You explore every avenue and possibility of your situationat high speed with total clarity."
"It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies."
"For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance."
"Your absence has not taught me to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall."
"Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.'"
"Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over."
"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you."
"I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, 'I'm going to buy art to impress this crowd.' That's just ridiculous to me. I don't live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself?"
"We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey."
"People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands - literally thousands - of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss."
"It is strange how often a heart must be broken Before the years can make it wise."
"Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s."
"I am stuffing your mouth with yourpromises and watching you vomit them out upon my face."
"Like any friendship or marriage, familiarity breeds more contempt, and love, and everything."
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