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• I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis. The Social Security Administration itself recently reported that the system is able to pay full benefits as they are defined today until at least 2042.

  James T. Walsh

  Believe, Security Systems, Benefits

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• If you are able to stop feeling sorry for yourself, and to contribute to the betterment of this world and of those around us, you will experience a high that is beyond my ability to express.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Sorry, Buddhism

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• I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.

  Larry Wilcox

  Senior, Father, Integrity

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's nice, though, getting older and being able to do different roles.

  Luke Wilson

  Nice, Getting Older, Different

  "Luke Wilson talks “Meeting Evil” and working with Samuel L. Jackson". IFC Interview, www.ifc.com. April 04, 2012.

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• There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.

  Naomi Watts

  Ends

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am probably the last of a generation able to gain an education in country music by osmosis, by sitting in a '64 Ford banging the buttons on the radio.

  Dwight Yoakam

  Country, Osmosis, Buttons

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• For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival.

  Mo Yan

  Country, Army, Boys

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• Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option; to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship.

  Trisha Yearwood

  Believe, Divorce, America

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• It would be great to be able to follow in the footsteps of Bill Murray. I really respect his ability as a comedian, obviously, but even more so as an actor.

  Will Ferrell

  Comedian, Would Be, Actors

  Interview with Keith Phipps, film.avclub.com. October 29, 2003.

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• Ronald Reagan was able to accomplish extraordinary purposes for our country without having to put our military forces into conflict.

  Mitt Romney

  Country, Military, Purpose

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• I'm never argumentative for the sake of being argumentative, I don't think. And more than ever, I've had to be willing to fight just to get records released, or just to be able to walk away with a little bit of self-respect and pride.

  Ryan Adams

  Fighting, Pride, Thinking

  Interview with Amanda Petrusich, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2004.

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• Just like Tim Robbins is very political - and obviously, Arnold Schwarzenegger must be - I want to be able to have this public personality that's considered authoritative.

  Christy Carlson Romano

  Political, Personality, Want

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• Thank God for that. You can shut them, say, 'Hold on a moment.' You play God to it. But who has ever torn himself from the claw that encloses you when you drop a seed in a TV parlour? It grows you any shape it wishes! It is an environment as real as the world. It becomes and is the truth. Books can be beaten down with reason. But with all my knowledge and scepticism, I have never been able to argue with a one-hundred-piece symphony orchestra, full colour, three dimensions, and I being in and part of those incredible parlours.

  Ray Bradbury

  Real, Book, Play

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• It wasn't until I moved to Nashville that I realized what an amazing community it is. It's the thing I've been missing my whole career, the feeling of being able to sit around with a guitar and have people know each other's songs and know songs from people who've influenced all of us. When I moved here pretty early on Vince Gill started calling me to do guitar pulls, and I thought, gosh, this is just like heaven on earth down here.

  Sheryl Crow

  Song, Guitar, Nashville

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• If there is one thing I long for above all else, it's that the years to come may see Christianity in this country able again to capture the imagination of our culture.

  Rowan Williams

  Country, Art, Years

  "I don't come to it with a fixed agenda" by Rowan Williams, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2002.

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• Self-acceptance is involved in this process. You have got to be able to look at both your dark and your light side and not get enamored or depressed by either.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Buddhism, Acceptance

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• As you meditate, you will be able to look at the beauties and horrors of life and accept them with an equal mind. You will love more and be kinder to those around you.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Meditation, Mind

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• Try to be still inside. Learn to quiet and stop thought, and you will be able to develop your mind. Your psychic intuition will start to come about.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Psychics, Meditation

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• When you develop your psychic vision after some meditation, you will be able to see the subtle physical of others, or perhaps yourself. At first you will see it as an aura; eventually you can see the whole subtle physical.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Psychics, Meditation

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• After two or three days, the door will close and you will not be able to make those changes as easily.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Doors, Two

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• It's not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, "Read," but a writer can read too much and be paralyzed. Or, "Don't read, don't think, just write," and the result could be a mountain of drivel. If you're going to be a writer you'll probably take a lot of wrong turns and then one day just end up writing something you have to write, then getting it better and better just because you want it to be better, and even when you get old and think, "There must be something else people do," you won't be able to quit.

  Alice Munro

  Writing, Thinking, People

  FaceBook post by Alice Munro from Jul 09, 2011

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• Part of my function as a writer is to dream awake. And that usually happens. If I sit down to write in the morning, in the beginning of that writing session and the ending of that session, I'm aware that I'm writing. I'm aware of my surroundings. It's like shallow sleep on both ends, when you go to bed and when you wake up. But in the middle, the world is gone and I'm able to see better.

  Stephen King

  Dream, Morning, Writing

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• I'm afraid of coaching, of writer's classes, of writer's magazines, of books on how to write. They give me centipede trouble - you know the yarn about the centipede who was asked how he managed all his feet? He tried to answer, stopped to think about it, and was never able to walk another step.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Book, Writing, Thinking

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• I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the less likely you are to have a breakdown when it occurs. You become more reflective of its purpose, you understand God's reason for it, and are then able to make the best of everything that you are handed. The darkness is only frightening after constant sunshine.

  Criss Jami

  Fear, Writing, Adversity

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.110, Criss Jami

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• The holiday season promotes a heightened sense of community. It draws our chins up and helps us look above and over the limiting fence of our own events, activities and preoccupations. The opportunity for a heroic gesture can tap you quietly on the shoulder in the midst of a holiday bustle. If you are attentive, you will notice the gentle touch and will be able to respond. Remember... There are no small acts of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Kindness, Holiday, Opportunity

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