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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consol

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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The fifties — they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a drifting belief in the moment and its power to satisfy. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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Twentieth Century
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Elizabeth Hardwick
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Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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teacher
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All I know is that history repeats itself and people are going to want to experience the world. But I know then they are going to have a better appreciation for what is here in Maine. – John Baldacci

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Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them. – George Santayana

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I love music, and after my first experience with movies, I cant wait to do more. – Rihanna

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Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to. – Greg Anderson

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Those who own much have much to fear. – Rabindranath Tagore

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Id like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they dont have misconceptions – they understand. I believe that. – Angelina Jolie

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Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom. – Gustave Flaubert

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