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If a person wants to be a part of your life, they will make an obvious effort to do so. Think twice before reserving a space in your heart for people who do not make an effort to stay.

John Spence

Heart, Thinking, Space

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I'm reserved. I'm more of an introvert than an extrovert.

Nicole Kidman

Extroverts, Introvert

"Nicole Kidman's Wild Ride" by Laura Brown, Slide 1, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 08, 2012.

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I've always been relatively reserved with my social encounters.

Ryan Kwanten

Encounters, Social

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Holiness is not reserved for a small number of exceptional persons. It is for everyone. It is the Lord who brings us to holiness when we are willing to collaborate in the salvation of the world for the glory of God, despite our sin and our sometimes rebellious temperament.

Pope John Paul II

Small Numbers, World, Holiness

Pope John Paul II (2012). “A Pilgrim Pope: Messages for the World”, p.261, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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In the United States we have, in effect, two governments ... We have the duly constituted Government ... Then we have an independent, uncontrolled and uncoordinated government in the Federal Reserve System, operating the money powers which are reserved to Congress by the Constitution.

Wright Patman

Independent, Government, Two

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I was being ridiculed for going to school... But, you see, I had looked hard at the other musicians and the whole show-business scene... They were doing with jazz musicians what they usually reserved for rock n' roll cats: making them overnight successes, then overnight antiques.

Donald Byrd

School, Cat, Rocks

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Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now.

Og Mandino

Inspirational, Lazy, Succeed

Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.75, Bantam

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Seats on the [Court] bench are not reserved for causes or interests. They're given to those who will uphold the rule of law so long as the nominee is well-qualified to interpret and apply the law.

Sam Brownback

Law, Long, Benches

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.

Tony Robbins

Life, Happiness, Success

Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.334, Simon and Schuster

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Well, that would be a title [the busiest guy in Hollywood] still reserved for Ryan Seacrest. I have one assistant; he has about nine. I don't have a food taster yet, I don't have a fluffer either. But, yes there are some days when I don't know if I am coming or going.

Joel McHale

Guy, Would Be, Assistants

Source: www.tribute.ca

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What an encouragement to realize that God has reserved you and me for a special task in His great work. In His hands we're not only useful, but priceless.

Joni Eareckson Tada

Encouragement, Hands, Special

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The research reported on in our book "A=B", has moved a whole active field of mathematics from the province of human thought to the realm of computer-fodder. It is quite exciting to think about what other fields of pure mathematics, hitherto thought to be reserved to human intelligence, might be moved to that realm next. The goal is to put ourselves out of business completely, and the work is well underway.

Herbert Wilf

Book, Science, Thinking

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The economics of television syndication and DVD sales mean that there's a tremendous financial pressure to make programs that can be watched multiple times, revealing new nuances and shadings on the third viewing. Meanwhile, the Web has created a forum for annotation and commentary that allows more complicated shows to prosper, thanks to the fan sites where each episode of shows like 'Lost' or 'Alias' is dissected with an intensity usually reserved for Talmud scholars.

Steven Johnson

Mean, Dvds, Fans

"Watching TV Makes You Smarter". www.nytimes.com. April 24, 2005.

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To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand; it is the cruelest trial reserved for self-devotion; it is what must have oftenest wrung the heart of the Son of man; and if God could suffer, it would be the wound we should be forever inflicting upon Him. He also - He above all - is the great misunderstood, the least comprehended.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Heart, Son, Love Is

Entry for May 27, 1849, "The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel", Book by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, translated by Mary Augusta Ward, 1882.

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But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.

Francis Bacon

Life, Angel, Men

'The Advancement of Learning' (1605) bk. 2, ch. 20, sect. 8

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I think that if an audience is truly appreciative of a performance, they will show it. Sometimes though, there are little differences, and there are audiences that are very reserved even though they are enjoying the show.

Lea Salonga

Thinking, Differences, Littles

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...lust is only a sweet poison for the weakling, but for those who will with a lion's heart it is the reverently reserved wine of wines.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Sweet, Heart, Wine

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Grace is not reserved for good people; grace underscores the goodness of God.

Andy Stanley

People, Grace, Goodness

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To be reserved, secretive, with a passionate violence that causes suffering.

Gwen John

Suffering, Passionate, Violence

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One living daily in the Way carries their head low and their eyes high; reserved in speech and possessing a kind heart, they steadfastly continue in their training efforts.

Mas Oyama

Heart, Eye, Effort

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My mom was always pretty supportive. She saw me do plays and she'd always act out the parts I did. My aunt, who played a big part in my life, was a little bit more reserved, because if they don't see you on TV every week they think you must be starving.

Angela Bassett

Mom, Aunt, Thinking

"Angela's assets". Interview with David Emer, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2001.

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In everyday life I am quiet and reserved, not the housekeeper type but cool and relaxed. I don't get up in the morning wearing false eyelashes and I don't wear fancy underwear when I'm cooking popcorn. I'm a nice little ducky.

Madonna Ciccone

Morning, Nice, Eyelashes

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My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!

Abigail Breslin

Mom, Children, Thinking

"Tribeca Interview: Abigail Breslin and Alessandro Nivola in Janie Jones : Rock God Meets Rock Child". Interview with Cynthia Ellis, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 6, 2011.

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All Profound things, and emotions of things are preceded and attended by Silence... Silence is the general consecration of the universe. Silence is the invisible laying on of the Divine Pontiff's hands upon the world. Silence is at once the most harmless and the most awful thing in all nature. It speaks of the Reserved Forces of Fate. Silence is the only Voice of our God.

Herman Melville

Fate, Hands, Voice

"Pierre: or, The Ambiguities" by Herman Melville, (Bk. XIV, ch. 1), 1852.

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