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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Those waters which leave the

Those waters which leave the main stream either cannot reach the sea and disappear in inland or find a better place, a beautiful lake.
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G. Weilacher

G. Weilacher

One only needs two tools

One only needs two tools in life WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop.
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Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel

Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel

The people are that part

The people are that part of the state that does now know what it wants.
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Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

If you want the rainbow,

If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Our dreams are our precious

Our dreams are our precious diamonds; without them, we are endlessly poor. Let us perpetually dream to be overly wealthy!
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A. H. Weiler

A. H. Weiler

Nothing is impossible for the

Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
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Rebecca West

Rebecca West

Man is a hating rather

Man is a hating rather than a loving animal.
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Martha Graham

Martha Graham

Great dancers are not great

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
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Steven Weinberg

Steven Weinberg

With or without religion, you

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan

The World's most powerful army

The World's most powerful army is the Army of Medicine, as it is fighting against a real enemy, the most powerful one: The Death!
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Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

He who laughs has not

He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.
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Madre Teresa

Madre Teresa

What we do is less

What we do is less than a drop in the ocean. But if it were missing, the ocean would lack something.
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Steven Weinberg

Steven Weinberg

The effort to understand the

The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan

When our star shines, someone

When our star shines, someone else's fades away; when our dream is fulfilled, someone else's turns into a nightmare!
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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Philanthropy is the refuge of

Philanthropy is the refuge of rich people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness is a perfume you

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others with out getting a few drops on yourself.
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Darrin Weinberg

Darrin Weinberg

It matters not whether you

It matters not whether you win or lose what matters is whether I win or lose.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Wind is the heart of

Wind is the heart of the wave, the spoon of the sea and the angry bull of the ships. Without wind, there is no ardour, no agitation!
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Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey

If you have no confidence

If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have won even before you started.
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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

Sin is geographical.

Sin is geographical.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Silence is a beautiful fresh

Silence is a beautiful fresh water tank to raise the trout of thought.
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Weinbaum

Weinbaum

If you can't excel with

If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort.
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Philip Gulley

Philip Gulley

Fear can keep us up

Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow.
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H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken

Immorality: the morality of those

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
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