Thomas a Kempis Quotes

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

Thomas a Kempis

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Clark Kent, I suppose, had a little bit of Harold Lloyd in him.

Joe Shuster

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I cut school to read Shakespeare and to learn about that because, for the first time, I felt like I really discovered a passion - the passion of my life.

Jessica Chastain

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People always think I'm Jewish. Actually, I'm a lapsed Catholic.

Jeffrey C. Hall

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The joke in our family is that we can cry reading the phone book.

Ron Reagan

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Well, if I am not vulgar, neither is my book. I wrote myself. Suggestiveness is always vulgar. But truth never. My book is not even remotely suggestive. I call things by their names. That is all.

Mary MacLane

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I'm kind of like a rapper trapped in a singer's body.

Mike Posner

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If you take into account prisoners, a large majority of African American men in some urban areas, like Chicago, have been labeled felons for life. These men are part of a growing undercaste - not class, caste - a group of people who are permanently relegated, by law, to an inferior second-class status.

Michelle Alexander

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When I was dancing, I felt in control and happy. I'm a Virgo, so I really like to be in control.

Misty Copeland

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I think most bands probably peak on their first album. We peaked on our third album. On the first album, I feel like I wish the production was a little better. I'll always hear a song I don't like. I look for what I could have done to make it better. It's always difficult for me to listen.

Johnny Ramone

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One of the nice things about the United States is that, wherever you go, people speak the same language. So native New Yorkers can move to San Francisco, Houston, or Milwaukee and still understand and be understood by everyone they meet. Right? Well, not exactly. Or, as a native New Yorker might put it, 'Wrong!'

Deborah Tannen

PeopleSpeakLanguageYouNiceMeet

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

Christina Grimmie

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What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it.

Chuck Yeager

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