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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
- Abraham Lincoln

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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

If you are out to describe the truth,
leave elegance to the tailor.
- Albert Einstein

"Beginner Mind" is a Zen Buddhist term
that describes moving past our assumptions
of the nature of our life,
and really SEEING our surroundings -
especially the people we interact with -
with new eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Each of us holds a different image of God.
There are as many perspectives on
the nature of God as there are people.
However much any of us may choose to argue,
or to fight and kill, for our point of view,
the nature of God is an unanswerable question.
Perhaps there is a specific answer,
that we will never learn - in this lifetime.
Perhaps the nature of God is so complex and multifaceted
that each view of God describes an aspect of the complex whole.
Or perhaps the nature of God is actually defined by our beliefs.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The movie character Forrest Gump describing life
as being "like a box of chocolates,"
is such a positive upbeat way of
characterizing the uncertainty of life.
I have no idea what life will give me next,
but whatever it is, it will be sweet.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

It is our choices ... that show what we truly are,
far more than our abilities.
- J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets)

Do or do not, there is no try.
- Jedi Master Yoda in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Fighting not good. But if must fight... win.
- Miyagi: character in the movie The Next Karate Kid

You're standing on the threshold of success.
Don't look down, it'll make you dizzy.
- the character Timothy Q. Mouse in the Walt Disney movie Dumbo

Change is the essential process of all existence.
- Spock character in Star Trek

For man with no forgiveness in heart,
life worse punishment than death.
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid 2

To deny the facts would be illogical.
- the character Spock in the television series Star Trek

It does not do to dwell on dreams, ...
and forget to live.
- the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Every time you hear a bell ring,
it means that some angel's just got his wings.
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946 movie)

Dear Father in heaven, I'm not a praying man,
but if you're up there and you can hear me ...
show me the way... show me the way.
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946 movie)

There are times, sir, when men of good conscience
cannot blindly follow orders.
- Captain Picard, STAR TREK: The Next Generation

What you want is irrelevant,
what you have chosen is at hand.
- Spock character in Star Trek VI movie

Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.
You never know what you're gonna get.
- the movie Forrest Gump

Some things will never seem adequate
no matter how hard we try.
- from the movie White Man's Burden

I love the rain - it washes memories
off the sidewalk of life.
- the movie Play It Again, Sam

What exactly is the function of a rubber duck?
- the movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

There are only four questions of value in life...
What is sacred?
Of what is the spirit made?
What is worth living for,
and what is worth dying for?
The answer to each is the same: only love.
- Johnny Depp as Don Juan in the movie Don Juan De Marco

Inside most people there's a feeling of being separate,
separated from everything ... And they're not.
They're part of absolutely everyone, and everything.
- the movie Powder

You only live once, and once is enough
if you play your cards right.
- the movie Interiors (1978)

First, wash all car. Then wax. Wax on...
Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off.
Breathe in through nose, out the mouth. Wax on, wax off.
Don't forget to breathe, very important.
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid

You get what you settle for.
- the character Louise in the movie Thelma and Louise

Tradition is the illusion of permanence.
- the Woody Allen movie Deconstructing Harry

I'd rather have thirty minutes of wonderful
than a lifetime of nothing special.
- the movie Steel Magnolias

Each man's life touches so many other lives.
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946 movie)

I know how hard it is in these times to have faith.
But maybe if you could have the faith to start with,
maybe the times would change.
You could change them. Think about it. Try.
And try not to hurt each other.
- the movie Oh, God!

Never put passion before principle.
Even if win, you lose.
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid 2

I didn't make it all the way through third grade for nothing.
- the movie The Rescuers Down Under

Are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet?
- said by Donkey in the movie Shrek 2

Momma always said dyin' was a part of life.
I sure wish it wasn't.
- the movie Forrest Gump

I got a perfect build for clothes.
I'm a twenty-eight dwarf.
- the movie Love and Death

Better learn balance. Balance is key.
Balance good, karate good. Everything good.
Balance bad, better pack up, go home. Understand?
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid

For as long as I can remember, I've been searching for something,
some reason why we're here. What are we doing here? Who are we?
If this is a chance to find out
even just a little part of that answer...
I don't know, I think it's worth a human life. Don't you?
- the Jodie Foster movie Contact (1997)

This is an occasion for genuinely tiny knickers.
- the movie Bridget Jones Diary (2001)

The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake.
- the movie The Little Mermaid (1989)

My plan was to kiss her with every lip on my face.
- the movie Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Life ... full of loneliness, and misery,
and suffering, and unhappiness,
and it's all over much too quickly.
- the Woody Allen movie Annie Hall

Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.
- the movie Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

I don't know if we each have a destiny,
or if we're all just floatin' around accidental-like on a breeze.
But I, I think maybe it's both.
- the movie Forrest Gump

Dumbo! C'mon, fly! Open them ears!
The magic feather was just a gag!
You can fly! Honest, you can!
- Timothy Q. Mouse in the movie Dumbo

There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
- the character Morpheus in the movie The Matrix

I have no fear of the gallows ... They're going to shoot me.
- the movie Love and Death

Barf: I'm a mog: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!
- the movie Spaceballs (1987)

Might I perhaps win my wings?
I've been waiting for over 200 years now, sir,
and people ARE beginning to talk.
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946 movie)

EVERYONE has the right to make an ass out of themselves.
- Harold and Maude (The movie )

Sucking the marrow out of life
doesn't mean choking on the bone.
- Robin Williams as John Keating
in the 1989 movie Dead Poets Society

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