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/ page 30 of 1205 /I find it interresting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed.
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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
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Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish - it is an imponderably valuable gift.
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Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.
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A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.
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At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
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Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaken need for an unshakable God.
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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.
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Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
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Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
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I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.
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There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
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The need for change bulldozed road down the center of my mind.
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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
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Effective action is always unjust.
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