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Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa

I must tell you that

I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.
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Yassine Aumerally

Yassine Aumerally

Say Sorry is not a

Say Sorry is not a Shame but a Solution
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Mark Twain

Mark Twain

For example, in Year 1

For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Trust men and they will

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
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Ni'matullah Wali

Ni'matullah Wali

We're like the sea, people

We're like the sea, people our waves Necessarily we are associated with everyone.
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Siddharth Astir

Siddharth Astir

Ambitions are the Dreams we

Ambitions are the Dreams we Believe can be fulfilled
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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

Experience consists of experiencing that

Experience consists of experiencing that which one does not wish to experience
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Harold S. Kushner

Harold S. Kushner

I think of life as

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.
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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

I've been on a calendar,

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
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Ni'matullah Wali

Ni'matullah Wali

The tendency of man's nature

The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. There are none but have this tendency to good, just as all water flows downwards. Now by striking water and causing it to leap up, you may make it go.
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Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine

The music at a wedding

The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.
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Anonymous

Anonymous

Experience is a hard teacher.

Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
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Mary H. Waldrip

Mary H. Waldrip

A laugh is a smile

A laugh is a smile that bursts.
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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Dreaming about being an actress,

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
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Anonymous

Anonymous

Experience is what causes a

Experience is what causes a person to make new mistakes instead of old ones.
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Anonymous

Anonymous

DISCLAIMER: A society where such

DISCLAIMER: A society where such disclaimers are needed is saddening.
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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Dogs never bite me. Just

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
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Funmi Wale-Adegbite

Funmi Wale-Adegbite

Success is 80 attitude and

Success is 80 attitude and 20 aptitude.
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Mark Twain

Mark Twain

We should be careful to

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it--and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again--and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.
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H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken

Imagine the Creator as a

Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
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George Wald

George Wald

A physicist is an atom's

A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.
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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

I'm very definitely a woman

I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.
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Javan

Javan

What a price we pay

What a price we pay for experience, when we must sell our youth to buy it.
25
Anatole France

Anatole France

The law, in its majestic

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread.
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