Thomas Kinkade Quotes
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
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Latin people love to dance. Nothing is more powerful than a Latin man doing 'Mambo Number 5' by himself.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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We all have regrets, but the thing is to learn from life.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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I have a very balanced posture about the political situation in my country.
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Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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Writing obscures language ; it is not a guise for language but a disguise.
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Indeed, indeed, Repentance oft before I swore - but was I sober when I swore? And then and then came Spring, and Rose-in-hand My thread-bare Penitence apieces tore.
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Therefore, since the world has stillMuch good, but much less good than ill,And while the sun and moon endureLuck’s a chance, but trouble’s sureI’d face it as a wise man would,And train for ill and not for good.
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'Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed' was the ninth Beatitude which a man of wit (who, like a man of wit, was a long time in gaol) added to the eighth.
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And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one.
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Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats. You're for them or against them. Taxes go up or down; government raises taxes or lowers them. But Democrats will not let the words abortion or tax cuts pass their lips.
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Every time we do a new record, we do the best we can. For us, every record is stepping into the ring with another heavyweight champion.
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'Brown Girl Dreaming' was a book I had a lot of doubts about - mainly, would this story be meaningful to anyone besides me? My editor, Nancy Paulsen, kept assuring me, but there were moments when I was in a really sad place with the story for so many reasons. It wasn't an easy book to write - emotionally, physically, or creatively.
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It's so easy to get caught up in the demands of life. And we all take refuge at times in routines and recliners and 'usual' anything!
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People have almost been lulled into complacency because there are no signs over the water fountains. But the signs have been in the policies. There's still housing discrimination and wage discrimination.
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In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home
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The Universe is worked and guided from within outwards.
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Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.
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Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.
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A piece of art is a compact form of the universe.
