"It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears."
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"The roads by which men arrive at their insights into celestial matters seem to me almost as worthy of wonder as those matters in themselves."
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"In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain."
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"Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it's because no matter what, I AM a SURVIVOR, NOT a victim."
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"No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project"
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"The truth of the matter is, we're not far away from where we should be. We can complain about the problem or we can go out and solve the problem. I choose to go out and try to solve the problem."
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"The thing I like most about dogs is their absolute belief in their own innocence, even when they've been caught redhanded. No matter what they've been doing, every bad dog bears the same look when scolded: "What?""
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"The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates."
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"If you just go with the flow, no matter what weird things happen along the way, you always end up exactly where you belong."
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"It's about quieting your mind and getting into certain states where everything outside of you doesn't matter in that moment. There are so many things telling you that you can't do something, but you take those thoughts captive, take power over them and change them."
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"I think illness is a family journey, no matter what the outcome. Everybody has to be allowed to process it and mourn and deal with it in their own way."
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"A story is like a moving train: no matter where you hop onboard, you are bound to reach your destination sooner or later."
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"Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference."
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"There is only the actuality of what happens in life. The rest is just a story, no matter who's telling it."
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"There is no energy in matter other than that received from the environment"
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"Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more."
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"Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening."
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"A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions."
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"No matter how dark and hopeless a situation might seem, never stop praying."
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"Opinions are like orgasms...mine matters most and I really don't care if you have one."
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