Life Quotes
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Pure art exists only on the level of instant response to pure life
Keith Haring
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We do not choose our own parts in life, and have nothing to do with those parts. Our duty is confined to playing them well.
Epictetus
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When every fact, every present or past phenomenon of that universe, every phase of present or past life therein, has been examined, classified, and co-ordinated with the rest, then the mission of science will be completed. What is this but saying that the task of science can never end till man ceases to be, till history is no longer made, and development itself ceases?
Karl Pearson
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How do we live the writer's life? There's only one simple answer: 'we write.'
Dani Shapiro
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My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I was 14, the overriding objective of my life has been to prevent the occurrence of nuclear war.
Daniel Ellsberg
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I think there should be a good balance between being a good student and being able to enjoy your high school life.
Vanessa Minnillo
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Indeed, many of life's most fun and pleasurable choices come with potential dangers. It's important for my son to grow up recognizing that what might appear exciting or inviting at first glance could also have eventual negative consequences.
Karen Salmansohn
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My whole life had been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God's presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that lets you see your place in the big picture. And that is what I had with my first [compost] heap.
Bette Midler
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Our rewards in life will always be in exact proportion to the amount of consideration we show toward others.
Earl Nightingale
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Life goes not in a straight line, lad, but in a circle. The first half we spend venturing as far as the world's end from home and kin and stillness, and the latter half brings us back, by roundabout ways but surely, to that state from which we set out.
Ellis Peters
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Lord, it would be better to be born without an arm than to go through life with no guts.
Katherine Paterson
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I have a really different touring life to most comedians because I go home every night to do the school run in the morning. So I'm not in hotels or living it up.
Katherine Ryan
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Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.
Ian Anderson
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As a man, it is true that I will never know what it is like to be a woman. As an organizational psychologist, though, I feel a responsibility to bring evidence to bear on dynamics of work life that affect all of us, not only half of us.
Adam Grant
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My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.
Mandy Patinkin
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The bottom line is pray. If you’re tired, sick, emotionally overwhelmed—pray. If you’re on cloud nine and life seems perfect—pray. If you lack direction—pray. If you doubt that prayer makes any difference—pray. If the circumstances of your life are out of your control—pray. If the circumstances of your life seem well within you’re your control—pray even harder. Whatever you do—pray.
Tony Evans
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Real-life conduct aside, LaBeouf, a Los Angeles native, has been working steadily as an actor since he was 12 years old.
Elvis Mitchell
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There are few restrictions on your life with asthma, as long as you take care of yourself.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
