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• I may not agree with all or even most of the tribal traditions, but it seems ti me that, out there, people live more authentic lives. They have a sturdiness about them. A refreshing humility. Hospitality too. And resilience. A sense of pride.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Humility, Pride, People

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• Adrian: I find prostitutes vastly important. Nathan Ivashkov: Well. How refreshing to see that things haven’t changed.

  Richelle Mead

  Important, Changed, Wells

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• Autumn truly is what summer pretends to be: the best of all seasons. It is as glorious as summer is tedious; as subtle as summer is obvious; as refreshing as summer is wearying. Autumn seems like paradise.

  Gregg Easterbrook

  Summer, Autumn, Paradise

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• At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the least headache in the morning, I give you my word; on the contrary, you only wake with a sweet refreshing thirst for claret and water.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Sweet, Morning, Food

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “Roundabout Papers (from the Cornhill Magazine): To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon”, p.177

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• Summer is a great time to visit art museums, which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools - only instead of cool water, you immerse yourself in art.

  Jerry Saltz

  Summer, Art, Swimming

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• I think it can be tremendously refreshing if a creator of literature has something on his mind other than the history of literature so far. Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Memorable, Thinking, Mind

  Kurt Vonnegut (2011). “Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations”, p.40, Melville House

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• She wandered over to the enclosed range, a rather modern-looking contraption that Cook had purchased earlier in the year. "Do you know how to work this?" she asked. "No idea. You? " Daphne shook her head. "None." She reached forward and gingerly touched the surface of the stove top. "It's not hot. " " Not even a little bit? " She shook her head. "It's rather cold, actually. " Brother and sister were silent for a few seconds . " You know," Anthony finally said, "cold milk might be quite refreshing ." " I was just thinking that very thing!

  Julia Quinn

  Brother, Thinking, Years

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• I love to bake, so I made vanilla bean and blueberry muffins for sick hospital children. Just kidding! All of that is true except the sick children part.

  Sloane Crosley

  Children, Sick, Muffins

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• There's already a marriage clock, a career clock, a biological clock. Sometimes being a woman feels like standing in the lobby of a hotel, looking at the dials depicting every time zone in the world behind the front desk - except they all apply to you, and all at once.

  Sloane Crosley

  Careers, Time Zones, World

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• There's an 'Everything must go!' emotional liquidation feel to the end of your twenties, isn't there? What will happen if we turn thirty and we're not 'ready?' You don't feel entirely settled in any aspect of your life, even if you are on paper.

  Sloane Crosley

  Emotional, Twenties, Paper

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• And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic than they were free. And I thought, this is a rare bird and this is unique on television and I think it's really refreshing.

  Jenna Elfman

  Inspiring, Character, Thinking

  Interview with Lila Holland, www.tv.com. June 14, 2006.

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• It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Gun, Second Amendment, Trying

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• Young people can be annoying, let's face it. But they can also be really refreshing to be around and full of enthusiasm.

  John C. Reilly

  People, Enthusiasm, Faces

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• The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering.

  Paul Ryan

  Leadership, Offering, People

  "Exclusive: GOP VP candidate Paul Ryan on 'Hannity'". Interview with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. August 21, 2012.

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• We can none of us step into the same river twice, but the river flows on and the other river we step into is cool and refreshing, too

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Rivers, Flow, Steps

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• Ladies. Large masses of girls are often prone to this salutation. I hate being mollified with this unsolicited "ladies" business. I know we're all women. I am conscious of my breasts. Do I have to be conscious of yours as well? Do men do this? Do they go, "Men: Meet for ribs in the shed after the game. Keg beer, raw eggs, and death metal only." I would imagine not.

  Sloane Crosley

  Girl, Hate, Beer

  Sloane Crosley (2012). “I Was Told There'd Be Cake”, p.133, Portobello Books

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• communication is such a two-edged sword for guys. On the one hand, they almost always mean what they say. Refreshing, I know. On the other hand, getting them to actually say it can be like coaxing a corpse to tap-dance. Not that it can't be done. But it's so freaking exhausting. Not to mention the cost in heavyweight fishing line and Savion Glover videos.

  Jennifer Rardin

  Communication, Mean, Hands

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• I have been writing now for over a week. I find it cleansing, refreshing; it is good for me.” (p.531)

  Storm Constantine

  Writing, Cleansing, Week

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• It takes a level of creative depression to hear 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and weep.

  Sloane Crosley

  Girl, Fun, Creative

  Sloane Crosley (2010). “How Did You Get This Number”, p.135, Penguin

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• Kate Otto, like so many in her generation, is committed to being a good global citizen and doing her part to make the world a better place. Everyday Ambassador is a refreshing approach which encourages collaborative work with focus, empathy, humility and patience to better affect positive change in communities throughout the world.

  Ann Veneman

  Humility, Focus, Empathy

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• What is so refreshing playing with Neil Finn and all his friends is these people think exactly the same - regular people doing their thing and separating the music from the business.

  Ed O'Brien

  Thinking, People, Separating

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• I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh.

  Teresa Palmer

  Thinking, Light, Self

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• The possessions God allows us to have are intended for our use, not our enjoyment. Trying to squeeze something out of them that was never in them in the first place is a futile endeavor. A cow's udders, gently pressed, will yield sweet milk, nourishing and refreshing. Applying more and more pressure will not produce greater quantities of milk. We lose the good of material things by expecting too much from them. Those who try hardest to please themselves with earthly goods find the least satisfaction in them.

  William Gurnall

  Sweet, Yield, Trying

  William Gurnall (2015). “Daily Readings from The Christian in Complete Armour: Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare”, p.240, Moody Publishers

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• The reigning Miss Canada has been arrested for punching out another woman in a bar fight.Quite frankly, I think it's refreshing to finally find one beauty pageant winner who is against world peace.

  Jay Leno

  Fighting, Thinking, Missing

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• Good books are to the young mind what the warming sun and the refreshing rain of spring are to the seeds which have lain dormant in the frosts of winter. They are more, for they may save from that which is worse than death, as well as bless with that which is better than life.

  Horace Mann

  Spring, Rain, Book

  Horace Mann (1867). “Thoughts”, p.17

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