A great man knows the value of greatness; he dares not hazard it, he will not squander it. - Walter Savage Landor

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Hair that looks like it's been naturally sun-bleached makes you seem youthful, like you spend a lot of time outdoors. And that appeals to most people.

Walter Savage Landor

A great man knows the value of greatness; he dares not hazard it, he will not squander it.

Greatness, Men, Hazards, Knows, Squander

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There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Divine, Earth, Humanity, Nothing

I strove with none, for none was worth my strife. Nature I loved and, next to Nature, Art: I warm'd both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.

Art, Fire, Hands, Ready, Sinks, Strove

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

Happiness, Happy, Wish, Happier

No truer word, save God's, was ever spoken, Than that the largest heart is soonest broken.

Broken, Heart, Save, Soonest

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.

Age, Childhood, Indulgence, Oil, Youth

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Helen Fisher

Hair that looks like it's been naturally sun-bleached makes you seem youthful, like you spend a lot of time outdoors. And that appeals to most people.

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Gloria Steinem

Anyone who has ever experienced dehumanized life on welfare or any other confidence-shaking dependency knows that a paid job may be preferable to the dole, even when the handout is coming from a family member.

Dehumanized, Dependency, Jobs, May, Member, Unemployment

Zach Galifianakis

I wish I could sit back and say, 'Oh, I'm gonna wait for a Merchant-Ivory film to come my way. Or Ivory-Merchant. Whatever it's called. But you just take what's given and then, hopefully, down the road you can be more choosy and only do, say, Wayans brothers movies. That's my goal: to be more Merchant-Ivory-Wayans.

Brother, Choosy, Come, Goal, Hopefully, Ivory

Jeffrey Eugenides

Bubble gum angels swooped from top margins or scraped their wings between teeming paragraphs, maidens with golden hair dripped sea blue tears into the books spine, grape-colored whales spouted blood around a newspaper item (pasted in) listing arrivals to the endangered spieces list. Six hatchlings cried from shattered shells near an entry made on Easter. Cecilia had filled the pages with a profusion of colors and curlicues, candyland ladders and striped shamrocks.

Angel, Book, Easter, Maidens, Shamrocks, Shells

Ian Hamilton Finlay

I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.

Different, Include, Parts, Past, Tragic, Trying