The only people who don't have problems are in a cemetery.

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Someone asked me, 'Do you pray for the dead?' I said, 'No, I preach to them! I think every pew in every church is death row. Think about that! They're dead! They sing about God; they talk about God, but they're dead! They have no living relationship (with God).

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Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed. — Albert Einstein

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Believing in yourself is the first step to accomplishing any goal. If you think you're going to fail, you probably will.

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I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.

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I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is. _ A. S. Byatt

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Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens. We went into slavery with chains clanking about our wrists; we came out with the American ballot in our hands.

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I think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and that is a good thing.

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Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you. ― Henry David Thoreau

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Nothing can be produced out of nothing.

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