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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I love my work, and I feel fortunate to be doing a job I love, but it isn't the centre of my lif... NATASHA LITTLE Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... 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QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Even Noah got no salary for the first six months partly on account of the weather and partly because... MARK TWAIN First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The way I'm portrayed on the Internet is partly my doing, but it's partly the people that ar... MAC DEMARCO Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It isn't hard to be in a relationship because I've always loved to be in a relationship, and... USHER I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took ... SANDRA CISNEROS I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching a... CHARLES VAN DOREN At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get en... MANOJ BHARGAVA In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I never had the slightest desire to have cosmetic surgery - partly because I don't want to look ... EMMANUELLE SEIGNER Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kid... KURT VONNEGUT Now is everything Now is the essence Now is the focus Focus on the now For that ... KAREN HACKEL I'm an early bird, partly because I like to have some quiet time and partly because by 9am email... ANDREW MOTION Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA I turn and kick with the first one and feel myself being lifted and thrown towards the beach. It's l... MARK SMITH One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit o... DOUGLAS ADAMS The saying sell all your belongings & give to the poor simply means "Redirect your mind to the verit... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Wesley Rush doesn't chase girls, but I'm chasing you. KODY KEPLINGER What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough ... DOUGLAS ADAMS How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Judge not lest ye be judged. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW Another year is ending, but something is pending ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION I live my life progressing for nothing else but the best. JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my informatio... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS She was restless. She drove a little too fast, swam a little too far offshore. She hitchhiked. She s... ELIZABETH WINDER I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that ... GABY HOFFMANN Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD I have no illusions that my work can rouse the masses to create change, because literature simply do... MIGUEL SYJUCO I want to live like there's no tomorrow. Love like I'm on borrowed time. It's good to be alive. JASON GRAY Everyone seems agreed that writing about sex is perilous, partly because it threatens to swamp highl... EDMUND WHITE All of our losses have been because we partly beat ourselves and partly because we just failed to st... JASON FIFE Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN You learned right away that applause sounds like love. AVA DELLAIRA The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH In general, the number of disorders has increased (to the current 256 classification codes), partly ... JANE MCLEOD At the end of the day, my life isn't about other people's work. I've got to stop giving ... PADDY CONSIDINE ...we live on the edge of the abstract all the time. 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