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If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon Creation, I should have recommended something simpler. ↗

— Alfonso X

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I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. ↗

— Dean Acheson

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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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If you've ever been in a position in your life where you just can't take any more, you just have to get through the next second, and the next second after that. ↗

— Michael Novak

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Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

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When you're young, you don't really know quite what you're aiming at. You're very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable. But you're kind of swimming in a blind sea. When you get older, you have more of a sense of direction. ↗

— Sinead O'Connor

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I don't think I would be a writer if I had stayed in Chile. I would be trapped in the chores, in the family, in the person that people expected me to be. ↗

— Isabel Allende

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I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too. ↗

— Walt Alston

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Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

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I believe, along with many others, that you must first ask for what you want before you can have it. ↗

— Wally Amos

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