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“Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.”
Source : Tom Holt (2008). “In Your Dreams”, p.91, Hachette UK
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“My dad has been married to his wife for 15 years and wherever he goes there better be a seat for her. I like real couples that tell you how to get through on Wednesdays when you're just at the end of your rope - the ones who really know how to make it through. We have to stop looking at Hollywood couples because you're going to get disappointed.”
Source : "5 Questions with Sherri Shepherd on Love and Happiness". Interview with Charli Penn, www.essence.com. September 13, 2011.
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“The account of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as the manuscripts are inaccurately designated, and of the half a century of intense research that followed, is in itself a fascinating as well as an exasperating story.”
Source : "The Dead Sea Scrolls in English". Book by Geza Vermes (Introduction, p. 1), 1962.
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“Is it to be thought unreasonable that the people, in atonement for wrongs of a century, demand the vengeance of a single day?”
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“Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions.”
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“If you only had an hour to sum your whole life up, would you spend that hour saying that an hour ain't enough?”
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“Il faut travailler sinon par go u" t, au moins par de sespoir, puisque, tout bien ve rifie , travailler est moins ennuyeux que s'amuser. We should work: if not by preference, at least out of despair. All things considered, work is less boring than amusement.”
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“Humanity is on the march, earth itself is left behind.”
Source : "The Arrogance of Humanism". Book by David Ehrenfeld, 1978.