"Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side."
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"I never went out and said, "I want to do this." I never do that. I wait for things to come to me, either within or without, and I go along with it."
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"I've spent a life time waiting for the right time, now that you're near, the time is here at last."
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"There are some things that have to wait and that can't just happen right now."
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"Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you.""
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"Desires are seeds waiting for their season to sprout. From a single seed of desire, whole forests grow."
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"Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible."
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"Don't wait for the good woman. She doesn't exist. There are women who can make you feel more with their bodies and their souls but these are the exact women who will turn the knife into you right in front of the crowd."
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"Well, if you're waitin' for a woman to make up her mind, you may have a a long wait."
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"From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it."
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"The thin and precarious crust of decency is all that separates any civilization, however impressive, from the hell of anarchy or systematic tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface ."
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"One must wait till it comes."
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"A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking."
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"While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk."
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"Now, good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!"
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"Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought."
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"Often a star was waiting for you to notice it. A wave rolled toward you out of the distant path, or as you walked under an open window, a violin yielded itself to your hearing. All this was mission."
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"You are also the physician who must watch over yourself. But in the course of every illness there are many days in which the physician can do nothing but wait."
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"I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!"
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"Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it's not a plan. It's a version of waiting and hoping."
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