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It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.

—Horace Mann

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The temple of art is built in words.

—Josiah Gilbert Holland

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When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.

—Rita Rudner

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Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.

—Alexander Woollcott

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Love is friendship set on fire.

—Jeremy Taylor

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People get scared when you try to do something, especially when it looks like you're succeeding. People do not get scared when you're failing. It calms them. But when you're winning, it makes them feel like they're losing or, worse yet, that maybe they should've tried to do something too, but now it's too late. And since they didn't, they want to stop you. You can't let them.

—Mindy Kaling in Why Not Me?

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That was what I wanted: someone who knew me better than I knew myself, someone who knew all the worst parts of me, yet still loved me.

—L.A. Fiore in Beautifully Damaged

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We have history. That has weight. It has meaning. And you of all people know that just because something is in the past doesn't mean it's dead and buried.

—Melanie Harlow in Forked

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You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, 'I don't care how hard this is, I don't care how disappointed I am, I'm not going to let this get the best of me. I'm moving on with my life.

—Joel Osteen in Your Best Life Now

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In most pursuits, one's self is one of the biggest hurdles to get over. You can't pursue something and be committed to it if you're apologizing for it at every party.

—Lisa Kudrow

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Ask me no reason why I love you; for though Love use Reason for his physician, he admits him not for his counsellor.

—William Shakespeare

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To advise is not to compel.

—Anton Chekhov

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A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

—Lewis Mumford

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Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

—Arthur C. Clarke

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Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.

—Pierre Bonnard

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