"One has to take a somewhat bold and dangerous line with this existence: especially as, whatever happens, we are bound to lose it."
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"When man does not have firm, calm lines on the horizon of his life- mountain and forest lines, as it were- then a man's innermost will becomes agitated, preoccupied, and wistful."
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"Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks."
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"Astonishing things can be done with the human memory if you will devote it faithfully to one particular line of business."
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"Man never creates, he only recombines the lines and colors of his own existance."
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"His eyes met mine at the soft touch, and a chime seemed to shake the ley line, realigning the universe. He was mine."
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"I turned back to the mirror, seeing that there were no lines on it. It was empty. "What happened to my mirror?" I said, bewildered. Then realizing that I was looking at the back of the dumb thing, I swore and turned it over."
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"I didn’t know what I was going to say, a feeling that was compounded when the line clicked open and Trent’s very muzzy voice murmured, “Rachel? Mmm, hi."
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"Have you met my boyfriend?” There. That was a doozy. His eyes narrowed, and his lips thinned into a tight line. Yep, Noah was a mood kill for both of us."
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"I've never like had a system or a program, I always think that I don't know how to act. I'll adapt to any director because I don't really have a set way that I do things. If a director hires me and says, "I want you to get started right now and do this research, this research, this research and I want you to have every line memorized before you ever show up for the first day," then that's what I'll do."
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"writers who go outside the lines when they draw pictures of the world are seldom rewarded for their efforts."
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"There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' - which are, on the whole, a load of rubbish."
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"The fact is Donald Trump is trying to divide Americans along racial and ethnic lines, and it's unhealthy for the country."
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"We look back to the most important moment in our history, and that becomes the dividing line between what we were and what we are now."
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"...all I have to do is stay in between the lines and make sure that no one is too close to me and I am not too close to anyone and keep leaving. Maybe it felt like this for her, too, but I could never feel like this alone."
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"I don't think I'm identified as the anchorman, I think I'm identified as the impostor anchorman - there's a very clear line there ... I don't think it changes the way they respond."
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"Ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced."
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"The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line."
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"It was kind of a prodding myself to play I Walk The Line straight."
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"From not the gravest of Divines, Accept for once some serious Lines."
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