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“Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment.”
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“Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.”
Source : "Wisdom for Our Time". Book by James Nelson, 1961.
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“Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside.”
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“It’s not Brittney’s face, not her smile, not even her eyes. All of that surface stuff made the world see her as beautiful, but it was the deeper stuff that made her different.”
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“I met, not long ago, a young man who aspired to become a novelist. Knowing that I was in the profession, he asked me to tell him how he should set to work to realize his ambition. I did my best to explain. 'The first thing,' I said, 'is to buy quite a lot of paper, a bottle of ink, and a pen. After that you merely have to write.'”
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“Verily I say unto you all: Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations.”
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“I wasn't like other boys. At any rate, I wasn't like my three elder brothers: they excelled at football and they were like other boys, going up to bed each night hugging annuals filled with stories about the glories of Pele and Danny McGrain.”
Source : "I gave it my best shot" by Andrew O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2006. 
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“So a maiden, while she remains untouched, remains dear to her own; but when she has lost her chaste flower with sullied body, she remains neither lovely to boys nor dear to girls.”
