1,004 private quotes tagged life

“Life has a higher end, than to be amused.” — William Ellery Channing

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“Because we have so much eye candy and mind candy, spending so much time trying to pay the rent, all of this conspires to keep us from thinking too hard or taking action from that. Our time is stolen. So much of our daily life is stolen.” — Lydia Lunch

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“The less routine the more life.” — Amos Bronson Alcott

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“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.” — Anais Nin

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“There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it as of the individual, so should it be of the nation.” — Marcus Garvey

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“If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.” — Princess Diana

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“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” — Albert Schweitzer

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“With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.” — William Wordsworth

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“I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.” — Isaac Asimov

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“Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.” — Shania Twain

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“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.” — Pope Paul VI

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“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.” — Jean Paul

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“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” — Seneca

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“Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.” — Joyce Brothers

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“You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.” — Drew Barrymore

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“Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.” — David Gerrold

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“I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about.” — Chuck Palahniuk

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“I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.” — Drew Barrymore

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“There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.” — Jack Nicholson

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“People are taken aback by a confident, pretty girl who knows what she wants in life and isn't going to let anyone get in her way. And you know what it's all about? Jealousy.” — Summer Altice

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“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!” — Bob Marley

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“That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.” — Clyde Tombaugh

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“I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” — Georgia O'Keeffe

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“Being a mother is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me in my life.” — Cindy Margolis

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“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” — Sylvia Plath

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