Orison Swett Marden Quotes
The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.
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I read a lot of true crime growing up – 'The Stranger Beside Me' by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!
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But do you know what struck me, apart from Nancy’s vibrant self-pity, which she had the nerve to pretend was grief?
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History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.
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Privacy is something I have come to respect. I think when I was younger I wanted to tell everybody everything, because I thought I was so damn interesting. Then I heard the snoring.
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Those who play badminton well take decisions quickly.
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'True Blood' fans are as enthusiastic as any fans I've ever encountered.
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The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.
