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• I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.

  Jay-Z

  Mom, House, Soul

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• All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.

  Robert Kennedy

  4th Of July, Opportunity, Political

  Robert Francis Kennedy (1967). “The Quotable Robert F. Kennedy”

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• I have a notebook that is filled to the brim with my dreams and ideas and goals and aspirations.

  Karlie Kloss

  Notebook, Dream, Ideas

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• Photography was a blessing because it filled my time.

  Jessica Lange

  Photography, Blessing, My Time

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• Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshed, filled with energy and enthusiasm for life.

  David Lynch

  Enthusiasm For Life, Meditation, Energy

  "David Lynch on why he hates 'It's A Small World'". Interview with Drew Fortune, music.avclub.com. July 17, 2013.

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• The annals of business are filled with stories of companies that thought they had it made and could milk their enterprises without having to bother about improving their products or services. It's amazing how fast they found their markets disappearing.

  Harvey Mackay

  Stories, Milk, Disappear

  Harvey Mackay (2011). “The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World”, Penguin

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• Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

  Joyce Meyer

  Confused, Simple, Men

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• Much of everyday life is filled with opportunities to be distracted. Our possessions... entertainment... cares and anxieties... and even the passionate desire and pursuit of things, some good and not so good, can keep our minds and hearts caught up in a flurry of activity.

  Joyce Meyer

  Heart, Opportunity, Passionate Desire

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• I know that. I'm having a ball. I'm not slap happy. I'm just filled up with joy and with peace and with all kinds of things that have eluded me for quite a few years. And they're back and they're thriving.

  Liza Minnelli

  Years, Filled Up, Joy

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• That is not all I need. I need dogs. A house filled with dogs and a smart, funny, kind, loving girlfriend or wife.

  Moby

  Dog, Girlfriend, Smart

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• I run into a lot of people who are instantly filled with ridicule at the idea that someone wouldn't eat meat.

  Moby

  Running, Ideas, People

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• You have to rely on your preparation. You got to really be passionate and try to prepare more than anyone else, and put yourself in a position to succeed, and when the moment comes you got to enjoy, relax, breathe and rely on your preparation so that you can perform and not be anxious or filled with doubt.

  Steve Nash

  Doubt, Preparation, Trying

  "Steve Nash On The Qualities Of A Natural Leader". Interview with Teena Apeles, www.askmen.com.

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• My house is filled with books, most of which I have read, some of which I intend to eventually get to. I'm always reading at least one work of fiction and one work of non-fiction simultaneously. Whatever mood I'm in, there's always a book nearby to suit it.

  Rachel Nichols

  Book, Reading, House

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• For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. He's not from another planet, or filled with radioactive gunk. I mean, Superman is essentially a god, but Batman is more like Hercules: he's a human being, very flawed, and bridges the divide.

  Christopher Nolan

  Taken, Mean, Bridges

  "'He's not a god - he's human'". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2005.

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• You know how when people lose their grandma or grandpa, people they say they're sorry? They do mean it, but... there's nothing to say. There's a void that cannot be filled.

  Amaury Nolasco

  Sorry, Grandma, Mean

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you're not occupied, and certainly not preoccupied. In the spiritual life, discipline means to create that space in which something can happen that you hadn't planned or counted on.

  Henri Nouwen

  Spiritual, Mean, Space

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• The Internet has become a hate-filled town square with no limits put on destructive verbal behavior.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Hate, Squares, Limits

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• Growing up under the heavy hand of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, it was drummed into me that attending weekly mass was not an option. It was a must to avoid eternal damnation, which was not a prospect filled with many positives. Hell fire was perpetual, and no parole would be offered.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Growing Up, School, Fire

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• I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.

  Yoko Ono

  Country, Heart, Empathy

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• I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Attitude, Fighting

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• I despise the phony, fancy-pants rhetoric of professors aping jargon-filled European locutions - which have blighted academic film criticism for over 30 years.

  Camille Paglia

  Years, Criticism, Jargon

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• Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with resentments where we've got a story about absolutely everything.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Mind, Stories, Resentment

  "Novelist Chuck Palahniuk". "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. May 28, 2010.

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• A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin.

  Rand Paul

  Hate, Mean, Color

  "Rand Paul in '02: I may not like it, but 'a free society' will allow 'hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin'" by David Weigel, voices.washingtonpost.com. May 20, 2010.

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• I'd like to talk to Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'cause I live in California and I just want to see that canned, chemical filled body in my office.

  Henry Rollins

  California, Office, Body

  Interview with Eric Goldman, www.ign.com. May 12, 2006.

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• The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot of bad musicians filling the air with unnecessary sounds. Some of the professionals are bad enough.

  Andy Rooney

  Music, Careers, Air

  Andy Rooney (2012). “Not That You Asked...”, p.264, Random House

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