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I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honestly out of countenance any day of the week, if there is anything to get got by it. – Charles Dickens	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' – Martin Luther King, Jr.	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Time has been transformed, and we have changed it has advanced and set us in motion it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration. – Kahlil Gibran	added by anonymous 14 years ago
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a MaCaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros. – Ethel Barrymore	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name. – John Donne	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past. – Harry S Truman	added by anonymous 14 years ago
For Mercy has a human heart, Pity, a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress. – William Blake	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it. – Joseph Conrad	added by anonymous 14 years ago
He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world. – Benjamin Franklin	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Spread love everywhere you go First of all in your own house...let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile. – Mother Teresa	added by anonymous 14 years ago
There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible. – G. C. Lichtenberg	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea. – Honore' de Balzac	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. – Dave Barry	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations he is only trying on one face after another to find his own. – Logan Pearsall Smith	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Your face is a book, where men may read strange matters. – William Shakespeare	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I have heard of your paintings too, well enough God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another. – William Shakespeare	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause who at best, if he wins, knows the thrills of high achievement, and, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. – Helen Keller	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other downThe swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the placeThe bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reproveThese were thy charms, sweet village sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to pleaseThese were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms -- but all these charms are fled. – Oliver Goldsmith	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It is not the critic that counts not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or the doer of deeds could have them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the Arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming but he who does actually strive to do the deed who knows the great devotion who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls, who know neither victory nor defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt	added by anonymous 14 years ago
You never find yourself until you face the truth. – Pearl Bailey	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Sonny Hey, whataya gonna do, nice college boy, eh Didn't want to get mixed up in the Family business, huh Now you wanna gun down a police captain. Why Because he slapped ya in the face a little bit Hah What do you think this is the Army, where you shoot 'em a mile away You've gotta get up close like this and bada-bing. you blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit. – Godfather, The	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. – Michael Korda	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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