Democritus Quotes
If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
Democritus
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
Zebulon Pike
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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.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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I was the only Christian on the cast, but that was cool because we all respected each others talent and mostly they respected me a lot even though I was the only Christian.
Victoria Jackson
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President Obama was never going repeal Obamacare - he was not going to be brought to his knees with the threat of a government shutdown.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
Oscar Wilde
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Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
Oscar Hijuelos
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
Victoria Pratt
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I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasn't really producing or anything like that; it was you making something.
Danger Mouse
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I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.
Gail Carson Levine
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
Samantha Fox
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If you're offended, it's your problem.
Salman Rushdie
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I believe in love, children and being a good person.
Leighton Meester
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For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared.
Saint Augustine
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A river reaches places which its source never knows. And Jesus said that, if we have received His fullness, "rivers of living water" will flow out of us, reaching in blessing even "to the end of the earth" regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives may appear to be.
Oswald Chambers
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But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and, therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him.
C. S. Lewis
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Probably the biggest compliment someone can give you is, "Gosh, you look great. You don't look tired."
Nicole Kidman
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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
Democritus
