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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.

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if it weren't for somebody/something (the situation would have been different without someone or something.

(Do you realise) if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight? * If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

If it weren't for him, I would probably be living on the streets. I'd keep a garden if it weren't for having too much to do.

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician. 

Usage notes: also used in the form if it hadn't been for someone or something:

If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space. * If it hadn't been for the videocassette, I may not have had a career at all.  * I would never have gone anywhere if it hadn't been for Mother's faith and support. * If it hadn't been for Judy, Betsy was sure she would have left the city.

What would you do if you weren't afraid? 

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A man is known by the company he keeps. * Virtue is found in the middle.
Anything nice that's said about me is diametrically opposed to who I am.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.
By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

Do what you love and do it often.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated. 

Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.

Ever since I was a little kid, I was competitive. * I've always loved Def leppard ever since I was little. * I'm used to being productive ever since I was young. * I loved movies ever since I was a kid. * I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.

Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business. 

Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. * However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship. * However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

I find it amazingly easy to take something, if you really believe in it, and turn it to reality. * I find it tricky to make plans.

I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go. 

I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird.

I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

I Wish I didn't have to work for a living. * I wish I didn't have to wake up every morning.

I'll tell you one thing... no doubt about it, my favorite kind of comedy is talking head comedy. I mean, if it were up to me, I'd do a whole entire movie that was just around a dinner table.

I'd rather annoy with the truth than please with adulation.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

In wanting to do too much, one also runs the risk of defending the indefensible. * In wanting to be exhaustive, the report runs the certain risk of being imperfect. * As one might expect, we now have a queue of people wanting to speak. * I find consistency to be wanting, since it is often a victim of daily political interests. (echo en falta la coherencia ya que a menundo es victima de ...). * It is not a question of wanting to do away with democracy and national constitutional guarantees. * You may consider it wanting, others may consider it complete. But here ends the debate.

It goes without saying that children should not be given knives to play with.

It's better to be hated for what you are than (to be) loved for what/someone you're not.

(For me), it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Love means never having to say you're sorry. (Love story)

Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.

Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway.

Nonetheless, the report hands out rather too much good advice for my liking. * I must obey him and I do so with pleasure, in view of the liking I have for him. * After you've changed all these areas to your liking, you've essentially created a new theme. * That is, in all honesty, a little too fast for my liking. * There is still too much hesitancy on this score for my liking.

take a fancy / liking / shine to someone or something: develop a fondness or a preference for someone or something. * John began to take a fancy to Sally late last August at the picnic. *  I've never taken a liking to cooked carrots. I think my teacher has taken a shine to

take a fancy to somebody/something to start liking someone or wanting something very much. *  I think my sister has taken a fancy to you.

Police were called to a daycare where a three year old was resisting a rest.

Remind yourself that it's ok not to be perfect.

Rome wasn' t built in a day.

Ever since I was a little kid, I was competitive.
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The better voice doesn't mean being a better Singer.

You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did. * The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry.

The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

We love live, not because we're used to living but because we're used to loving.

What doesn't kill you (only) makes you stronger. I really believe that.

When in doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate. When in charge, ponder.

When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think.
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When reading only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think. * If you're insecure when speaking English, it will be even more difficult to think of the words you know.

When befriended, remember it. When you befriend, forget it.

When unhappy, one doubts everything. When happy, one doubts nothing.

Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.
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When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think.
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When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think.
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When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think.
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You have to know you can first. (The) How comes later.

You try not to become so emotionally attached to your character, but you do.

I'm not a writer, and I don't want there to be any 
mistake about that. * This is too important an 
area for there to be differences within Europe.* I
do not want there to be any doubt about the 
fact that funding is a problem.*  I should 
like there to be no misunderstanding. * I like there to be some interest in every element of my life.


I always thought records were there to be broken.

If it were easy, it would have no value. * Enjoy the day as if it were your last. * Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.