Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.
BETTE GREENEI believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral.
More Bette Greene Quotes
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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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Fun, like champagne bubbles, can’t completely fill you up.
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When people’s emotions are involved they don’t want to listen.
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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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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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What do you know about sooner or later? Is a moment only a moment when you’re in pain?
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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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Why is it I’m always so quick to believe that people are thinking…believing the worst about me?
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I love Arkansas but I think Arkansas has its share of unlit minds.
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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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Look inside yourself and you’ll find a world of things (a world of your own experiences)worth writing about.
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It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.
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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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Maybe…in a way, this coffee reminds me of something. Maybe…maybe only a philosopher or a mad man would make this connection, but it’s a little like life. I mean it’s powerful going down and that doesn’t even take into account the aftertaste, which really takes getting used to.
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