Famous Quotes: Life

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
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I'm a girl from a good family who was very well brought up. One day I turned my back on it all and became a bohemian.
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The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity.
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Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.
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It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.
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The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
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And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.
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The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.
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I just love movies, so suddenly, you're political about movies, and that's dark. It's just not fun when something you love becomes calculated.
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Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with.
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Well, I always had a chauffer, because I have never driven a car in my life. I still can't drive.
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Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.
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The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.
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My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.
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The quality of life is so much higher anyplace you can ski in the morning and surf in the evening - there's something to be said for that.
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We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.
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I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in '86 I went to a conference and realised the chimpanzees were disappearing. I had worldwide recognition and a gift of communication. I had to use them.
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I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways. It helped me because, in general, they've made me hopeful. I just figure things will eventually work out for me. But nobody is like any Tom Hanks character. Nobody is Hugh Grant. No one is Meg Ryan!
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If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it?
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