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• To this day, I've found that it doesn't matter what a guy looks like if he's really funny. His sense of humor makes him attractive. On the other hand, you don't hear men saying, 'No she's not pretty, but is she ever funny!'

  Catherine O'Hara

  Men, Hands, Guy

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

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• If a man made himself an expert in any particular branch of human activity, there would result the strong tendency that a peculiar aptitude towards the same branch would be found among some of his descendants.

  Sidney Lanier

  Strong, Men, Branches

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• In neurotics, worm phobias are usually found as well as snake phobias.

  Karl Abraham

  Snakes, Worms, Phobia

  Karl Abraham (1988). “Selected Papers of Karl Abraham, M.D.”

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• Even Charles Darwin, that human decoder ring of bizarre behavior, found the idea of saving a stranger's life to be a total head-scratcher.

  Christopher McDougall

  Ideas, Saving, Stranger

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• I've always found it much more dangerous to fool with a man's mistress than his wife.

  Harold Robbins

  Women, Wife, Mistress

  Harold Robbins (1985). “The Inheritors”, Pocket

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• That this individual life of all of us is not something limited in its temporal expression to the life that now we experience, follows from the very fact that here nothing final or individual is found expressed.

  Josiah Royce

  Expression, Finals, Facts

  Josiah Royce (1952). “The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry Brown”

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• The essence of a man is found in his faults.

  Francis Picabia

  Men, Essence, Faults

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• Our redemption through the suffering of Christ is that deeper love within us which not only frees us from slavery to sin, but also secures for us the true liberty of the children of God, in order that we might do all things out of love rather than out of fear - love for him that has shown us such grace that no greater can be found.

  Peter Abelard

  Children, Order, Grace

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• I see myself as a man who is searching for meaning in life. This is rather different from being a staunch believer in something. A believer is someone who senses a consciousness or a direction and believes in it. The one who searches for meaning has not found the direction yet.

  Aharon Appelfeld

  Believe, Men, Different

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• Well, I think storytellers have always found murder a fascinating device.

  Donna Tartt

  Thinking, Literature, Murder

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• The city has always been an embodiment of hope and a source of feeling guilt; a dream pursued, and found vain, wanting, and destructive.

  Jonathan Raban

  Dream, Cities, Feelings

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• Generally speaking, the less privileged groups in democratic society, as they become aware of their interests and their political power, will be found to press for ever more state intervention in practically all fields.

  Gunnar Myrdal

  Political, Groups, Fields

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• In particular, I found praying very disturbing, like swimming with bricks tied to your feet. And yet I was drawn to it constantly.

  Jack Dee

  Swimming, Feet, Bricks

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• In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life.

  Karen Duffy

  Thinking, Ideas, Sick

  "Chat transcript: Model lives with chronic disease". edition.cnn.com. May 27, 1999.

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• Many of our newly smart would rather be found murdering their children than being kind to their parents. They would prefer to be damned for rudeness than to be snickered at for courtesy.

  Irwin Edman

  Children, Smart, Parent

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• I found out was, by the rhythm of my chewing, how I chewed fast, slow or what have you, I could tell the audience what my character was thinking and feeling.

  Rod Steiger

  Character, Thinking, Feelings

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• Betwixt the stirrup and the ground Mercy I asked, mercy I found.

  William Camden

  Mercy, Stirrups

  'Remains Concerning Britain' (1605) 'Epitaphs'

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• Being lost is worth the being found.

  Neil Diamond

  Irony, Lost

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• Since the early '80s, I've found myself in war zones in various parts of the world.

  Bruce Cockburn

  War, World, Various

  "Gavin's Woodpile". www.brucecockburn.org. December 15, 2012.

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• Where is your Self to be found? Always in the deepest enchantment that you have experienced.

  Hugo von Hofmannsthal

  Self, Enchantment

  Hugo Von Hofmannsthal (2008). “The Whole Difference: Selected Writings of Hugo von Hofmannsthal”, p.148, Princeton University Press

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• I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.

  J. P. Donleavy

  Too Much, Human Nature, Wells

  J. P. Donleavy (2007). “A Fairy Tale of New York”, p.183, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Let us flee from the deceit of life and its supposed happiness and run to Christ alone, who is the Savior of souls. Him let us endeavor to find Who is present everywhere, and when we have found Him let us hold Him fast and fall at His feet (cf. Mt. 28:9) and embrace them in the fervor of our souls.

  Symeon the New Theologian

  Christian, Running, Fall

  Saint Symeon (the New Theologian) (1980). “Symeon New Theologian”, p.58, Paulist Press

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• There are other kinds of joy found in other places in the world, but there is no place where you can find Christian joy except in Christ.

  David Jeremiah

  Christian, Joy, World

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God”, p.237, Thomas Nelson

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• Look at your own life. Has it become overly complex? Have you found yourself burdened by too many possessions or responsibilities? Take a deep breath and ask yourself: "What steps can I take to reduce the clutter so that I may live simply and joyously?"

  Douglas Bloch

  Responsibility, Looks, May

  Douglas Bloch (1988). “Words That Heal: Affirmations and Meditations for Daily Living”, p.49, BookBaby

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• The best way I have found to follow my true desires is to pay attention to my intuitive sense. We all have great wisdom within us, a part of us that knows exactly what we need at every moment. We are born with this intuitive sense, but most of us are quickly taught to distrust and ignore it. We have to relearn something that should come naturally. Fortunately, it's not too difficult; it just takes some practice.

  Shakti Gawain

  Practice, Intuition, Desire

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