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B. B. Warfield

B. B. Warfield

A firm faith in the

A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly troubles.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan

If a man's shadow is

If a man's shadow is brighter than himself, than that man becomes the shadow itself!
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Sam Levenson

Sam Levenson

Insanity is hereditary; you get

Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Your first appearance, he said

Your first appearance, he said to me, is the gauge by which you will be measured; try to manage that you may go beyond yourself in after times, but beware of ever doing less.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Priest is a fisherman and

Priest is a fisherman and Holy Book is a fishook. We either refuse to be a fish or we burn in the frying pan of irrationality!
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Caroline Warner

Caroline Warner

I am convinced that attitude

I am convinced that attitude is the key to success or failure in almost any of life's endeavors. Your attitude--your perspective, your outlook, how you feel about yourself, how you feel about other people--determines your priorities, your actions, your values. Your attitude determines how you interact with other people and how you interact with yourself.
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Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith

I have no relish for

I have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave.
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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Always forgive your enemies; nothing

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan

If this universe is the

If this universe is the House of God, then I must say it is quite a dark house despite several hundred billion suns!
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Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

It's the place where my

It's the place where my prediction from the sixties finally came true In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes. I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is, In fifteen minutes everybody will be famous.
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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Anybody can be good in

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.
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Franklin P. Adams

Franklin P. Adams

To err is human; to

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
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Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

I am a deeply superficial

I am a deeply superficial person.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan

A deer that knows all

A deer that knows all the hunting techniques of a lion will never fall prey to a lion!
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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Consistency is the last refuge

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
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Italian Proverb

Italian Proverb

It is not enough to

It is not enough to aim; you must hit.
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Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

They always say time changes

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Elephants don't know anything about

Elephants don't know anything about the world of ants; the peaks of mountains are oblivious of what is happening on the plains!
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Jules Feiffer

Jules Feiffer

Getting out of bed in

Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence.
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Epictetus

Epictetus

First say to yourself what

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Nobody is “superior” to anybody

Nobody is “superior” to anybody else, only “different”, that is all!
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Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

In the future everyone will

In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.
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J.G. Ballard

J.G. Ballard

Sleep is an eight-hour peep

Sleep is an eight-hour peep show of infantile erotica.
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Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

We must learn to be

We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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