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Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint.

—Robert Delaunay

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Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.

—Eckhart Tolle in A New Earth

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She wasn't ready to settle down, she told her friends. That was one way of putting it. Another would have been that she had not found anyone to settle down with. There had been several men in her life, but they hadn't been convincing. They'd been somewhat like her table—quickly acquired, brightened up a little, but temporary. The time for that kind of thing was running out, however. She was tired of renting.

—Margaret Atwood in Moral Disorder: and Other Stories

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The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

—Oscar Levant

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I realize that every picture isn't a work of art.

—Conrad Hall

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The professional because of his constant involvement with the mechanics of music, must fight to preserve the naiveté that the layman already possesses.

—Bill Evans

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The person you loved took a good long look at the awesomeness that is you, evaluated your relationship together, and said, "No, thanks. I'll try my luck elsewhere." That alone should make you realize that it wasn't a match made in heaven.

—Greg Behrendt in It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken

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I don't know what it was about him, but I felt so drawn to him. The feeling that consumed me whenever I was around him was strong.

—Sadie Grubor in All Grown Up

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People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.

—Abraham Lincoln

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When you are eight years old, nothing is any of your business.

—Lenny Bruce

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I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.

—Mitch Hedberg

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I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

—Isaac Bashevis Singer

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You were different around him. There was something new about you that I'd never seen before. Maybe that was love.

—Sarah Dessen in This Lullaby

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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.

—Sharon Salzberg in The Force of Kindness

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Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.

—Kurt Vonnegut

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