#mira

There are charms made only for distant admiration. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

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I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets. ↗

— Erica Jong

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When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. ↗

— Helen Keller

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I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

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The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#admiration #friends #important #love #more

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#disadvantages #fortitude #millionaires #more #nothing

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

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