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There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they trying to find their place in the world and make sense of their lives? To what extent can they transcend their fate? As time starts to run out, what are the things that really matter? ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#clone #extent #fate #find #how

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

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Because there still exists a significant pay gap, women tend to earn less than men over the course of their lifetimes. Compounding the problem, women tend to spend less time in the workforce than men. ↗

— Steve Israel

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Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. ↗

— William James

#blame #common #determines #does #environment

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge. ↗

— Gerald Jampolsky

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I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#far #feel #how #i #know

Being in all of my relationships, I'm even more confused than I've ever been, I don't know if you ever really understand relationships. ↗

— Jamie Kennedy

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These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have. ↗

— Bill Kristol

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I personally - if I were designing the tax code - would have a tax code in which Mitt Romney paid more than 13 percent, given what I know about the kind of investments he made money from. ↗

— Bill Kristol

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The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#being #better #defeat #disillusionment #elections