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What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Nature
,
Eternity
,
Creates
I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine.
Rita Rudner
Class
,
Mine
,
Ballet
I don't think I'm really in a situation to complain, because I consider myself to be privileged to be doing what I do.
David Beckham
Situation
,
Complain
,
Consider
Half a psychiatrist's patients see him because they are married - the other half because they're not.
Arnold H. Glasow
Him
,
Married
,
Half
Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.
Bette Midler
Big
,
Off
,
Often
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
Arthur Ashe
Hope
,
Keep
,
Striving
A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.
Dolly Parton
Career
,
Done
,
Pretty
But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.
Armistead Maupin
Today
,
Internet
,
Strangers
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
Lily Tomlin
Deep
,
Language
,
Complain
How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
William Wordsworth
Freedom
,
Down
,
Free
I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
Jack Nicholson
Best
,
Give
,
Advice
I don't care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I'll laugh because they'll probably be funny.
Paula Deen
Funny
,
Care
,
Laugh
I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.
Paula Poundstone
Mother
,
Name
,
Bank
In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs.
Albert Ellis
Old
,
Used
,
Few
Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified.
Ted Danson
Help
,
Down
,
Talking
Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.
A. A. Milne
Forget
,
Thought
,
Leave
Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.
A. A. Milne
Best
,
Bad
,
Game
You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.
Bono
Equality
,
Fool
,
Justice
It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
Giordano Bruno
Change
,
Truth
,
Mind
I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.
Steve Martin
Alone
,
Romantic
,
Person
A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
Jimmy Carter
Equality
,
Himself
,
Process
I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season.
Ashley Tisdale
Love
,
Christmas
,
Season
A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts.
Elvis Presley
Business
,
Live
,
Exciting
As a surgeon you have to have a controlled arrogance. If it's uncontrolled, you kill people, but you have to be pretty arrogant to saw through a person's chest, take out their heart and believe you can fix it. Then, when you succeed and the patient survives, you pray, because it's only by the grace of God that you get there.
Mehmet Oz
God
,
Heart
,
Person
Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts.
Antonio Tabucchi
Start
,
White
,
Clean
Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that.
Sophia Bush
Time
,
Respect
,
Business
I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.
Christina Aguilera
Deep
,
Find
,
Enough
There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good.
Jude Law
Good
,
Jealousy
,
Live
You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.
Dolly Parton
Time
,
Money
,
Business
Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.
George Santayana
Expect
,
Severe
,
Towards
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