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All art is but imitation of nature.

—Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.

—Werner Heisenberg

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Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

—Edward Young

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Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.

—Willem de Kooning

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I do not seek. I find.

—Pablo Picasso

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Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning.

—Miguel de Unamuno

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

—Leonardo da Vinci

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The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

—Billy Graham

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The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.

—Phyllis Diller

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A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

—Frederick the Great

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Passion is momentary; love is enduring.

—John Wooden

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One summer and one boy, and suddenly things weren't the same.

—Sarah Dessen in That Summer

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Some things are destined to be—it just takes us a couple of tries to get there.

—J.R. Ward in Lover Mine

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If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make it so much easier to move through the world, picking and choosing what connections to make, or whether to make any at all.

—Sarah Dessen in What Happened to Goodbye

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Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.

—Robert A. Heinlein

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