"Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it."
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"How come abbreviated is such a long word?"
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"Why doesn't constant trampling defeat the dandelion? The key to its strength is its long and sturdy root, which extends deep into the earth. The same priciple applies to people. The true victors in life are those who, enduring repeated challenges and setbacks, have sent the roots of their being to such a depth that nothing can shake them."
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"Are you trying to weasel out of showing us any of this stuff?" said Zacharias Smith. "Here's an idea," said Ron loudly, "why don't you shut your mouth?" "Well, we've all turned up to learn from him, and now he's telling us he can't really do any of it," he said. "That's not what he said," said Fred Weasley. "Would you like us to clean out your ears for you?" inquired George, pulling a long and lethal-looking metal instrument from inside one of the Zonko's bags. "Or any part of your body, really, we're not fussy where we stick this," said Fred."
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"We have ordered things so long in a certain way, we are numb. Nobody dares question it. This is what is wrong, symbolically, with America."
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"I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that."
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"Life is a slope. As long as you're going up you're always looking towards the top and you feel happy, but when you reach it, suddenly you can see the road going downhill and death at the end of it all. It's slow going up and quick going down."
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"It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it."
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"There is no such thing as maturity. There is instead an ever-evolving process of maturing. Because when there is a maturity, there is a conclusion and a cessation. That’s the end. That’s when the coffin is closed. You might be deteriorating physically in the long process of aging, but your personal process of daily discovery is ongoing. You continue to learn more and more about yourself every day."
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"The ecstasy is so short but the forgetting is so long."
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"What does God do all day long? He gives birth. From the beginning of eternity, God lies on a maternity bed giving birth to all. God is creating this whole universe full and entire in this present moment."
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"Women's liberation as a movement makes some valid points. But in the final analysis, it doesn't matter who wears the pants - as long as there's money in the pockets."
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"Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life."
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"In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs"
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"We all need lots of powerful long range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles"
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"I'll fight it. I'll fight it for you. Don't you worry about me, Hazel Grace. I'm okay. I'll find a way to hang around and annoy you for a long time."
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"Nobody loves a good worship service more than I do, but we are called to make religion real, to make our faith come alive. Helping others have a decent place to live is one way to do that and it doesn't take too long for others to recognize it, too."
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"Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to life as long as God himself"
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"The long night of human history is drawing at last to its conclusion."
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"Cooking is not about convenience and it's not about shortcuts. Our hunger for the twenty-minute gourmet meal, for one-pot ease and prewashed, precut ingredients has severed our lifeline to the satisfactions of cooking. Take your time. Take a long time. Move slowly and deliberately and with great attention."
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