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We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy.

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• Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Play
  • Sometimes
  • Cricket

• So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Democracy
  • Criticism
  • Cheers

• I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Play
  • Learn
  • Singer

• Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.

  

  Saint Ambrose
  • Lord
  • Created
  • Sins

• We left Dayton, September 23, and arrived at our camp at Kill Devil Hill on Friday, the 25th.

  

  Orville Wright
  • Devil
  • September
  • Friday

• The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Women
  • Slavery
  • Medical

• The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.

  

  Daniel D. Palmer
  • Life
  • Action
  • Spiritual

• Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.

  

  Karen Bender
  • World
  • Writing
  • Enjoy

• It takes people a while to trust you.

  

  Karl Malone
  • People
  • You
  • Trust

• It seems that for all of the artists signed to a major, there exists the same amount of artists that are struggling to break through to the surface within the label. I think, ideally, we'd end up with a very well connected competent indie team that will be along with us for the ride, however long that ride may be.

  

  Madi Diaz
  • Up
  • Long
  • May

• Follow the fellow who follows a dream.

  

  E. Y. Harburg
  • Dream
  • Follow
  • Fellow

• The tale of 'Point Break' is about doing what you love and committing to what you love. It's relevant to me as a Venezuelan, to you as an American, to any Chinese person watching the film.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • Film
  • Person
  • Watching

• We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Trying
  • Responsibility
  • Organization

• My mum wants me to get married - and have children, of course. She's met Gaga; we've been dating a while. We're in a committed relationship, and I'm really happy in my relationship. I'm a very lucky guy. As far as having more of a domestic life and settling down into my relationship, we have to see what happens.

  

  Taylor Kinney
  • Life
  • Children
  • She

• Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.

  

  B. H. Liddell Hart
  • Life
  • War
  • Hope

• The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.

  

  Dan Savage
  • Important
  • Marriage
  • Expectation

• I saw a lot of people have success handed to them that then exploited it. They didn't protect it or cherish it.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • People
  • Success
  • Cherish

• I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Issues
  • Early
  • Self-Esteem

• I'm done with industrial. Seriously, my iPod collection at home has no industrial music on it; it's strictly jazz, blues and country.

  

  Al Jourgensen 1000 Homo DJs
  • Music
  • Collection
  • Industrial

• My mother was suffering every day of her life, and what right did I have to be happy if she was suffering? So whenever I got happy about something, I felt the need to cut it off, and the only way to cut it off was to pray. 'Forgive me Lord.' For what, I didn't know.

  

  Gene Wilder
  • Life
  • She
  • Happy

• I think Hollywood makes the mistake of mixing all these identities and cultures, mostly from the Middle East.

  

  Yasmine Al Masri
  • Think
  • Mistake
  • Hollywood

• People aren’t used to that way of thinking. They want everything to stay the same-'

  

  Paulo Coelho
  • People
  • Thinking

• Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people.

  

  Jane Fonda
  • People
  • Up
  • Children

• We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy.

  

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