"Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves."
-Henri Frederic Amiel
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"Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.“
-Henri Frederic Amiel
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"Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd it must be communicated by contagion."
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"An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains."
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"Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence."
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"Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false."
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"Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind."
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"All of us, who are members of the Germanic peoples, can be happy and thankful that once in thousands of years fate has given us, from among the Germanic peoples, such a genius, a leader, our Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, and you should be happy to be allowed to work with us."
-Heinrich Himmler
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"The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank."
-Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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"This little kid pointed at me and said, 'You look disgusting!' That was the first time I thought maybe I did. I decided I'd better start eating. I'm just thankful that I made it through with relatively few scars."
-Susan Dey
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"I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it."
-Ralph Stanley
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"I went from not knowing anything to becoming really curious and wanting to know and respecting people in the industry, realizing how hard they work. I will always be thankful for 'Top Model' for that."
-Fatima Siad
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"We have to be thankful considering our number as a family we enjoy very good health generally but you may be sure me and my partner have quite enough to exercise our minds and occupy our attention."
-John Hawley
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