My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was... view

By: Mary Cheney

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At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving... view

By: Woodrow Wilson

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Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory, a night when choice was any more than the sum of all the choices gone before?.. view

By: Joan Didion

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My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done... view

By: Bernadette Devlin

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One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is... view

By: Erma Bombeck

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If I've learned one thing in life, it's: Stand for something or you'll fall for anything... view

By: Bonnie Hunt

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So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman... view

By: Allen Tate

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There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst... view

By: Frida Kahlo

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I have been privileged to have the opportunity to work with many of African American fraternal and social organizations that are active in my congressional district. They all do important work that makes a tangible difference to the quality of life in our community... view

By: Chris Van Hollen

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How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue... view

By: Natalie Clifford Barney

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My background is in health care... view

By: Bobby Jindal

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It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion of a novel which might offer insight into life in the UK doesn't seem to appeal very widely... view

By: Jonathan Coe

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