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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. – Oliver Goldsmith

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I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts. – Oliver Goldsmith

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I love everything thats old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Probably only an art-worlder like me could assign deeper meaning to something as simple and silly as Tebowing. But, to us, anytime people repeat a stance or a little dance, alone or together, we see that it can mean something. Imagistic and unspoken language is our thing. – Jerry Saltz

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It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear! – Anthony de Mello

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When you stand alone and sell yourself, you cant please everyone. But when youre different, you can last. – Don Rickles

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alone

I had a very happy childhood, but I wasnt that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices. I think thats when your creativity is developed, when youre young. I liked the world of the imagination because it was an easy place to go to. – David Walliams

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The man was on his knees, trying to retrieve each of his ugly words that were now scattered on the floor. But, of course, it was too late. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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Androgyny is not trying to manage the relationship between the opposites it is simply flowing between them. – June Singer

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