Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) Quotes
You traverse the world in search of happiness which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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It's true that youth is wasted on the young and, if I had my life to live over again, I suppose I would pay more attention to my career. I would make better choices. But, in my defence, I would say that I have three wonderful children, and that's something I am very proud of.
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The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don't like to have hot food for lunch.
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I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around people who have been hustling from the start, so I think I've got a bright little future ahead of me - especially if I don't fight. Why would I want to go out there and fight with somebody, get my face punched and kicked. It's not my idea of a good time.
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Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.
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Experts said public companies worry about the loss of customer confidence and the legal liability to shareholders or security vendors when they report flaws.
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When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately praise the link to the outside world provided by your parents and family.
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious - that is, that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment.
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I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.
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I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!
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I like to mix pieces in my art direction from the '60s or the '40s and the '90s and present-day stuff. To me, that feels very real. When I go into people's houses, it's not all today.
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I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.
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My mom does mine because I know I would go tweezer-crazy and wind up with no eyebrows at all.
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All national histories are partisan and designed to give us a good conceit of ourselves.
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By the mid-1990s, nearly everything in North Korea was worn out, broken, malfunctioning. The country had seen better days.
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The national Log Cabin Republicans are ridiculous. They’re not conservative at all. I don’t even think they’re gay - they’re bi (partisan). GOProud is comprised of real conservatives who happen to be gay. (Same with the Texas LCRs, for whom I’ve been signing books for years.)
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The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.
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Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
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In language that's lyrical and haunting, Cheryl Strayed writes about bliss and loss, about the kind of grace that startles and transforms us in ordinary moments.
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I have heard that one can conquer the empire on horseback, but one cannot govern it on horseback.
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We can all be more consistently involved in missionary work by replacing our fear with real faith.
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Developing prayer fitness is similar to developing physical fitness: we must follow a pattern in order to stay balanced.
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You traverse the world in search of happiness which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
