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• What if someone hurts you with a weapon? Wait. Think it over. You probably feel angry. That's normal. But wasn't it the stick striking your body that hurt you? Can you be angry at the stick? Of course not. Should you be angry at the wielder of the stick? Wouldn't it make more sense to be angry at the hatred in the mind of the stick wielder? If you think about it, isn't the end of hatred in the world what you want most of all? Why, then, would you add to it by giving energy to your anger? After all, it will pass on its own if left alone, especially if you respond to it with compassion.

  Sylvia Boorstein

  Hurt, Thinking, Compassion

  Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D. (2007). “Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness”, p.96, Ballantine Books

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• Hate gets going, it goes round, it gets older and tighter and older and tighter, until it holds a person inside it like a fist holds a stick.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Hate, Hatred, Fists

  Ursula K. Le Guin, Todd Barton, Margaret Chodos-Irvine, George Hersh (1985). “Always coming home”, Harperaudio

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• If you follow anything that I've ever done, I never stick to one thing more than one year. I'm just afraid to get typecast.

  Phil Ramone

  Years, Done, One Thing

  Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. December 17, 2003.

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• The H-bomb rather favors small nations that doesn't as yet possess it; they feel slightly more free to jostle other nations, having discovered that a country can stick its tongue out quite far these days without provoking war, so horrible are war's consequences.

  E. B. White

  Country, War, Bombs

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• Do you know the times when one seems to stick fast in circumstances like the fly in the jam-pot? It can't be helped, and I suppose the best thing to do is to lay in a good store of jam!

  A. C. Benson

  Jam, Pot, Stores

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• You apply Pilates in everyday life, like how you sit, how you walk. You've heard a lot of people complain about back problems; it is because these people walk incorrectly with the last vertebra of their tailbone. They stick it out instead of pulling it in and down.

  Romana Kryzanowska

  People, Everyday, Complaining

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• Over the long term, despite significant drops from time to time, stocks (especially an intelligently selected stock portfolio) will be one of your best investment options. The trick is to GET to the long term. Think in terms of 5 years, 10 years and longer. Do your planning and asset allocation ahead of time. Choose a portion of your assets to invest in the stock market - and stick with it! Yes, the bad times will come, but over the truly long term, the good times will win out - and I hope the lessons from 2008 will help get you there to enjoy them.

  Joel Greenblatt

  Winning, Thinking, Years

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• Advice to rock gods: drugwise, stick to Ibuprofen, decaf lattes, and pale Pilsners ... If your stomach is not a flat slab, please leave your shirt on while performing ... If your girlfriend asks you to choose between her and your music, sell your instruments immediately - especially if you're a drummer ... Finally, go easy on the supermodels, don't forget to tune, and remember: a tiny bit of dry ice and lasers goes a long way. Ditto with tattoos.

  Ian Shoales

  Tattoo, Girlfriend, Rocks

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• For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Men, Vocabulary, Names

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.87, Courier Corporation

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• Literature is a bad crutch, but a good walking-stick.

  Charles Lamb

  Walking Sticks, Literature, Crutches

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• One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Made, Should, Butchers

  Jean de La Fontaine (1964). “The fables of La Fontaine”

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• In dealing with the press, do yourself a favor, stick with one of three responses: (a) I know and I can tell you; (b) I know and I can't tell you; (c) I don't know.

  Dan Rather

  Three, Favors, Response

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• I like cats.... When I meet a cat, I say, "Poor Pussy!" and stoop down and tickle the side of its head; and the cat sticks up its tail in a rigid, cast-iron manner, arches its back, and wipes its nose up against my trousers; and all is gentleness and peace.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Cat, Iron, Pussy

  Jerome K. Jerome (2010). “Three Men in a Boat”, Giunti Editore

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• We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.

  Zinedine Zidane

  Games, Matter, Natural

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• On several occasions, I discussed with Bill Clinton the subject of inquiries by the media about our relationship. He told me to continue to deny our relationship, that if we would stick together, everything would be okay.

  Gennifer Flowers

  Relationship, Media, Together

  "Declaration of Gennifer G. Flowers". www.washingtonpost.com. March 13, 1998.

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• Documenting trips makes them that much richer. I stick in train tickets and business cards from restaurants. It makes the whole experience poetic, describing the sights, smells and sounds around me. It means I can relive the holiday years later.

  Hayley Atwell

  Holiday, Mean, Sight

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• The American attitude is 'We're the best'. That's why the NBA guys who come from other countries, the Europeans, all sort of stick together away from the game.

  Andrew Bogut

  Country, Attitude, Nba

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

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• Situation comedies are old-fashioned - they stick to formulas. I resent their music which is old fashioned. I resent the use of a laugh track.

  Bill Bixby

  Track, Laughing, Use

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• My drum sticks are in the "Hall of Fame." I know that.

  Jimmy Carl Black

  Fame, Halls, Knows

  Jimmy Carl Black Interview by Stephen Moore in Munich, Germany, www.stevemoorebooks.com. March 29, 2000.

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• Many people think that open source projects are sort of chaotic and and anarchistic. They think that developers randomly throw code at the code base and see what sticks.

  Mitchell Baker

  Thinking, People, Projects

  "Next generation browser: Pure open source software development comes of age". Interview with Dana Greenlee, www.tacomadailyindex.com. September 10, 2004.

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• I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.

  Sam Brownback

  Thinking, Knitting, People

  "Judiciary Panelists Debate Miers". "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. October 24, 2005.

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• Tech people like to stick to their knitting, and they measure their accomplishments by the growth of their company. Now the tech community is popping up and saying, 'We do need to be involved in our surroundings.'

  Ron Conway

  Knitting, People, Accomplishment

  "Ron Conway: S.F. mover and shaker" by Heather Knight, www.sfgate.com. August 27, 2012.

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• I constantly make lists and itineraries and then can't stick to any of them.

  Freema Agyeman

  Lists

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• There are cliques in Bollywood, and people stick together, but I have always tried to stick to my work. As an industry, Bollywood is very competitive, and I'm very competitive as a person, but I've never been a part of any clique, and I've always worked with all actors and directors, all camps.

  Priyanka Chopra

  People, Together, Bollywood

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• I really wanted to find a piano for the farm house. There were so many free pianos on Craigslist, I thought, 'Let's get as many free pianos as we can and stick them all in the barn.' I got eight in a short period of time, only six of which were tunable, but it's still quite funny.

  Neko Case

  Eight, Piano, House

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