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People say to me, Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange. But of course I have not experienced any other life. It's not strange to me.

Quote by Prince Andrew about life, people

We all dream we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake.

Quote by Erich Fromm about dream, sleep, nothing

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.

Quote by Alan Alda about courage, doubt

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows...

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

Quote by Francis Bacon about world, man

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose...

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Quote by Francis Bacon about power, liberty, self-control, man

If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about fight, children, man

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some...

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

Quote by Francis Bacon about beauty

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about fiction, truth

Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction.

Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about fiction, truth

What a strange thing man is; and what a stranger thing...

What a strange thing man is; and what a stranger thing woman.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about things, woman, man

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about dispute, judges

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the...

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about humility, heart

Hold you there, neither a strange hand nor my own, ...

Hold you there, neither a strange hand nor my own, neither heavy nor light shall touch my bum.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about light

There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about real estate, charm, sadness, death, man, good, good luck

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, ...

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.

Quote by Agatha Christie about children, nothing, world

The Hunger is very special, even to very young people....

The Hunger is very special, even to very young people. Some people are completely crazy about the film in a strange way.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about hunger, people, film

It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers...

It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years.

Quote by Placido Domingo about univers, wealth

We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about interest, word, perfection, people

It sometimes feels like a strange movie, you know, it's...

It sometimes feels like a strange movie, you know, it's all so weird that sometimes I wonder if it is really happening.

Quote by Eminem about miracle

It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where...

It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.

Quote by Glenn Close about things

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