Beauty must appeal to the senses must provide us with immediate enjoyment must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.
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Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.
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Whenever death may surprise us let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Albert Schweitzer – Just as the wave cannot exist …
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Kelly Clarkson – I’m cute – and God I hate that. B…
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Billy Corgan – I grew up in the suburbs and basica…
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Hesiod – For both faith and want of faith have des…
For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.
Patrick Duffy – I feel that marrying younger and b…
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George Santayana – There is no cure for birth and …
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Heath Ledger – I like to do something I fear….
I like to do something I fear.
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Ashton Kutcher – I’m from Iowa we don’t know what …
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Glenn Beck – Let me go over this again on the recl…
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Bill Cosby – Family is conflict and it’s something…
Family is conflict and it’s something that we all relate to.
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Aung San Suu Kyi – Since we live in this world we …
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Dreams seem to have a will of their own.
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Margaret Mead – As long as any adult thinks that h…
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