"Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret."
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"I tried for modelling work but it was a bit slow and that's when I took a part-time job at McDonalds. It gave me income while I was waiting for my big break and at the very least I could eat."
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"I can't wait to be seen as a woman. But I know I probably have to contribute to that with behaviour."
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"Nobody really knows her Except the chosen few Her secrets are kept hidden Behind that sun-kissed hue. If I reach out to touch her She’ll just run away My Forever and Always Will have to wait another day."
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"A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library today."
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"There is a morning inside you waiting to burst open into light."
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"To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere and always be working on your craft while waiting for your break."
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"Are you waiting for success to arrive, or are you going out to find where it is hiding?"
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"When you really want love you will find it waiting for you."
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"Good mescaline comes on slow. The first hour is all waiting, then about halfway through the second hour you start cursing the creep who burned you, because nothing is happening...and then ZANG!"
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"Sometimes, when something really great happens to me, I like to wait two weeks before I tell anyone about it, because I like to use the word 'fortnight'."
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"There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done."
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"You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it's getting raised regardless."
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"Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and wait without anxiety."
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"Jealousy does not wait for reasons."
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"Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference."
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"Don't become a victim of yourself. Forget about the thief waiting in the alley; what about the thief in your mind?"
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"Love exists within each of us from the moment we are born and waits to be discovered from then on."
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"Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school."
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"That wand’s more trouble than it’s worth,” said Harry. “And quite honestly,” he turned away from the painted portraits, thinking now only of the four-poster bed lying waiting for him in Gryffindor Tower, and wondering whether Kreacher might bring him a sandwich there, “I’ve had enough trouble for a lifetime."
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