Why is it I’m always so quick to believe that people are thinking…believing the worst about me?
BETTE GREENEWhat is genius, anyway, if it isn’t the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?
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Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain’t no greater love in this here world than that.
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Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who loved you enough to give you his most valued possession.
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I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral.
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A person’s got to think, otherwise that person’s no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose. If only that seal could think, he’d know he was making a thousand children laugh.
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Look inside yourself and you’ll find a world of things (a world of your own experiences)worth writing about.
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I love Arkansas but I think Arkansas has its share of unlit minds.
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It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.
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What do you know about sooner or later? Is a moment only a moment when you’re in pain?
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What is genius, anyway, if it isn’t the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?
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Experiencing life through a book can help you learn without all the pain of going through the experiences first hand.
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I was hooked on writing. I mean, where else can you get paid for sticking your nose into somebody else’s business?
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And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces-spaces you know can’t ever be filled.
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Longevity can’t be the only test of love.
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The world is not a rational place.
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Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.
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