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Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable t

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing second, the gratification of ones family and friends and lastly, the solid cash. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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To me, money is the ability to create lifelong experiences for my family and myself, to educate my children and a way to give back to humanity. – Cat Cora

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The importance of human life should be universally respected – and that refers to children before they are born and after. All children have the right to be brought up in a loving two-parent family where the notion of divorce is not even possible. – Christopher Monckton

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You go to a restaurant in the States and kids have these game boards at the table. You dont see that in Italy or Spain. Its not because they cant afford to buy them, its because thats not what eating together as a family is about. – Emeril Lagasse

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The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated. – Desmond Tutu

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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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Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them. – Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

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I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting. – Paul Cezanne

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Ive discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen. – Charles A. Garfield

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