Orison Swett Marden Quotes
The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
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Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
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I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.
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I'm basically useless in interviews because I don't remember anything. But I find it very peaceful, actually, because I have a sort of busy mind. I'm like, 'This is great!'
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Eliza Factor's first novel, 'The Mercury Fountain,' explores what happens when a life driven by ideology confronts implacable truths of science and human nature. It also shows how leaders can inflict damage by neglecting the real needs of real people.
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Free love sounds great.
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I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.
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Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.
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Travelling is really great for giving you tons of ideas, but it's really hard to actually record anything on the road.
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I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.
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Japan has really great fans for all kinds of music. I think they're keeping metal alive.
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Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
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The two great aims of industrialism - replacement of people by technology and concentration of wealth into the hands of a small plutocracy - seem close to fulfillment.
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That's the great thing about G.I. Joe: it's essentially superheroes, but it's military based - and it's based in reality.
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If you're looking to be loved for a part, it's great and enticing to be adorable in a romantic comedy. But then, as an actor, you get stuck.
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The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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The Broken Bow group is such a great family and seem like a group of tight-knit people. When I looked for a new label, I wanted to feel I could trust everybody. I wanted motivation to be at an all-time high.
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My nature is to try and look past apparent truths, to pull back layers and understand the psychological motives behind phenomena.
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Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like 'Brothers in Arms' and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git.
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Regina Spektor is great. I can't wait to see what more she's capable of.
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With trials, you become wiser. You learn more about yourself and the people surrounding you. Me personally, I've never been the type of person to judge anyone over wrongdoing, no matter what it is. I'm just not a judgmental person.
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She thought in would be awkward for both to be brought into conscious collision; and fancied that, from her being on a low seat at first, and now standing behind her father, he had overlooked her in his haste. As if he did not feel the consciousness of her presence all over, though his eyes had never rested on her!
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
