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And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.

There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.

The way to know life is to love many things.

There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author.

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying then without money?

I think the hip hop world and the rock world still have a lot in common, but it certainly seems like things happen and break at a much faster pace in the hip hop world.

There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent.

Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.

I am 30, but there are things about me that are still 15.

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

To me, the writer's main job is to just make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared - she's right there, seeing things happen and caring about them. And if you dedicate yourself to this job, the meanings more or less take care of themselves. That's the theory, anyway.

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures.

Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.

I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

Things do not change; we change.

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things.

I like today and perhaps a little future still, but the past is really something I'm not interested in. So, as far as I'm concerned, I like only the past of things and people I don't know. When I know, I don't care because I knew how it was.

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.