You live your life between your ears.
BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL
BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL
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Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
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Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
EpictetusEpictetus If you want your wife to listen to you, then talk to another woman; she will be all ears.
Sigmund FreudSigmund Freud Washing, this modern behind the ears nonsense.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne The meaning in life is not out there but in between our ears. In many ways this makes us the lords of creation.
Stephen HawkingStephen Hawking Perseus wore a magic cap down over his eyes and ears as a make-believe that there are no monsters.
Karl MarxKarl Marx The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.
Robert FrostRobert Frost My ear barely caught signals coming in regular succession which could not have been produced on earth.
Nikola TeslaNikola Tesla Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and the tumult of a thousand men.
Khalil GibranKhalil Gibran