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• For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Responsibility, Able, Poverty

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• All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.

  Zadie Smith

  Lying, Cutting, Convince Us

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• The magnificent lobby of the Chrysler Building - faced with rare marbles, aglitter with decorative metalwork, and surmounted by a ceiling painted with a totemic image of the tower itself - leads to elevator cabs inlaid with exotic woods in fanciful patterns. The entire route from street to office is invested with ceremony, dignity, and delight.

  Martin Filler

  Office, Ceilings, Towers

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• BLACKBERRY. Also know as "Crackberry" for it's addictive qualities. It is the modern girl's weapon. It allow her to bid on ebay while walking down the street, map out her shopping route for maximum productivity, and sneak out of work and still get her messages as she peruses the sales racks.

  Nina Garcia

  Girl, Ebay, Shopping

  Nina Garcia (2009). “The One Hundred: A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own”, p.28, Harper Collins

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• I don't know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never.

  Kristen Wiig

  Comedy, Never Say Never, Knows

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

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• In 1977, I climbed a fairly difficult mountain for the first time, which was Mount McKinley, in Alaska. I climbed the so-called 'American Direct Route,' which was a route straight up to the top. I really enjoyed it. Through such experiences, I learned that mountaineering wasn't just about height. I found that different routes have different charms.

  Tamae Watanabe

  Alaska, Mountain, Different

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• The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Bible, Christian, Spiritual

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• Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive.

  Milton Friedman

  Majority, Investing, Columbus

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• There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.

  Philip K. Dick

  Inspirational, Life, Moving

  Philip K. Dick (2011). “The VALIS Trilogy”, p.38, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Love, Hurt, Pain

  Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill (2006). “The Hiding Place”, p.60, Chosen Books

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• There's never an easy route to the things that matter.

  Charles de Lint

  Matter, Easy Route, Easy

  Charles de Lint (2002). “The Onion Girl”, p.177, Macmillan

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• Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there: prestige was earned by tackling the most unforgiving routes with minimal equipment, in the boldest style imaginable.

  Jon Krakauer

  Style, Important, Mountain

  FaceBook post by Jon Krakauer from Nov 14, 2012

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• Speaking the Lord’s name with reverence must simply be part of our lives as members of the Church... we do not use foul language. We do not curse or defame. We do not use the Lord’s name in vain. It is not difficult to become perfect in avoiding a swearing habit, for if one locks his mouth against all words of cursing,... he is en route to perfection in that matter.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Names, Perfect, Church

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• Fate isn’t one straight road…there are forks in it, many different routes to different ends. We have the free will to choose the path.

  Dean Koontz

  Fate, Different, Path

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.149, Bantam

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• In Japan, they have TV sets in cars right now, where you can punch up traffic routes, weather, everything! You can get Internet access already in cars in Japan, so within the next 2 to 3 years it's gonna be so crazy!

  Glenn Danzig

  Crazy, Japan, Years

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• The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of a stunt pilot's turning barrel rolls, or an inchworm's blind rearing from a stem in search of a route. At its worst, it feels like alligator wrestling, at the level of the sentence.

  Annie Dillard

  Book, Wrestling, Writing

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• Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Groups, Rotten

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.146, John Wiley & Sons

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• And after I dropped him off, I took the longest possible route home... I explored alleys and hidden roads I never knew existed. I discovered neighborhoods entirely new to me. And finally... I discovered I was sick of this town and everything in it.

  Jay Asher

  Home, Sick, Towns

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.118, Penguin

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• I want to see your tailpipe fading off into the sunset." Good luck, I thought. My tailpipe was somewhere on Route 1, along with my muffler.

  Janet Evanovich

  Sunset, Good Luck, Fading

  Janet Evanovich (2011). “Stephanie Plum One, Two, Three: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• How will we get back up?" I worried. "I have a different route in mind for our return trip." "Does it involve stairs?" I asked hopefully. "No." "Of course not. How silly of me. And for our return adventure we will be scaling the side of Mount Everest, hiking boots to be provided by our trusty sponsor, Barrons Books and Baubles.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Silly, Book, Adventure

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.128, Dell

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• How is it that one woman is…enough…for three men?” “I don’t know.” “She must be a very talented courtesan.” “Callie.” “Well, that was what she was. Wasn’t it?” “Yes.” “How very fascinating!” She smiled brightly. “I’ve never met a courtesan, you know.” “I could have surmised as such.” “She looked just as I imagined they did! Well, she was rather prettier.” Ralston’s eyes darted around the room as though he was looking for the quickest escape route. “Callie. Wouldn’t you rather gamble than talk about courtesans?

  Sarah MacLean

  Eye, Men, Three

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• There has to be a moment at the beginning where you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. If the moment doesn’t pass, that’s it—you’re done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it’s even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lovers’ face.

  David Levithan

  Distance, Feelings, Doe

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• Once you've arrived at the end of the world, it hardly matters which route you took.

  Isaac Marion

  World, Matter, Ends

  Isaac Marion (2016). “Warm Bodies and The New Hunger: A Special 5th Anniversary Edition”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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• I'd chosen instead to just change my route, go miles out of the way, as if avoiding it would make it go away once and for all.

  Sarah Dessen

  Going Away, Miles, Avoiding

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.71, Penguin

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• Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.

  Haruki Murakami

  Life, Destiny, Water

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Apr 27, 2016

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