Quotern

Quotern

There is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.

-- Paulo Coelho

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Every sleepy boy and girl in every bed around the world ~~ Can hear the stars up in the sky whispering a lullaby

-- Mary Chapin Carpenter

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I've only had good experiences with actors. Starring next to them and directing them, for the most part they're all inspiring, special people.

-- Steve Guttenberg

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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.

-- William Cowper

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Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.

-- Walter Lippmann

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I mean, I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way.

-- Christopher Cross

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Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying.

-- R. Scott Bakker

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No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.

-- Robert M. Parker, Jr.

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I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world - no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government

-- Woodrow Wilson

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I don't know if I believe in marriage. I believe in family, love and children.

-- Penelope Cruz

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