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Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of gre

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them. – Joseph Addison

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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude. – Joseph Addison

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Solitude
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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. – Joseph Addison

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Age
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Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. – Joseph Addison

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Ive just been learning how to direct my own videos, choreography, doing costumes… every creative opportunity there is with my music Ive taken. – Santigold

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What Im still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television. – J. J. Abrams

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Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you aint desperate at some point, you aint interesting. – Jim Carrey

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Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. – Henry Ford

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Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. – James Bryant Conant

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We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food and other companies to address diet and physical activity factors in order to prevent chronic diseases. – Gro Harlem Brundtland

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That was the thing about best friends. Like sisters and mothers, they could piss you off and make you cry and break your heart, but in the end, when the chips were down, they were there, making you laugh even in your darkest hours. – Kristin Hannah, Firefly Lane

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You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions. – John Perry Barlow

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