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Be thine own palace, or the worlds thy jail. - John Donne

Be thine own palace, or the worlds thy jail. – John Donne

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Let us love nobly, and live, and add again years and years unto years, till we attain to write threescore: this is the second of our reign. – John Donne

Category:
Remembrance
Author
John Donne
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Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies by any certain witnesses, nor judges. But as long as they go towards peace, that is Truth, it is no matter which way. – John Donne

Category:
Fight, Fighting
Author
John Donne
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When I must shipwrack, I would do it in a sea, where mine impotencie might have some excuse; not in a sullen weedy lake, where I could not have so much as exercise for my swimming. – John Donne

Category:
Exercise
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John Donne
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If youve got a talent, protect it. – Jim Carrey

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motivational

You cant expect to hit the jackpot if you dont put a few nickels in the machine. – Flip Wilson

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motivational

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. – Albert Einstein

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motivational

Wherever you are – be all there. – Jim Elliot

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Shadows fall on even the brightest hours. – Bryan Waller Proctor

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Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, youre a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which youre trying to get a film financed. – Alexander Payne

Category:
famous

Skinniness is not your friend when youre over 40. Id like to gain a good 10 pounds, but I did always have a fat, round face that plagued me when I was young. When I started to make movies, I couldnt look at myself. – Ellen Barkin

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movies

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. – Plutarch

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Wisdom