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“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.” ~ James Dent
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“I’m in a relationship with my air conditioner.” ~ Unknown
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“We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on. My wife looked at me and said: ‘Boy, you are skinny, aren’t you?’ I said: ‘Honey, I’d like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.'” ~ Lou Holtz
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“Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.” ~ Erma Bombeck
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“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ~ John Steinbeck
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“Cause all of me Loves all of you. Love your curves and all your edges. All your perfect imperfections. Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you. You’re my end and my beginning. Even when I lose I’m winning.” ~ John Legend, All Of Me
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“I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.” ~ Yannick Noah
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“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ~ John Steinbeck
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“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” ~ Mother Teresa
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“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
~ Helen Keller
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“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
~ Immanuel Kant
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“If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.” ~ John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
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“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.” ~ Nelson Mandela
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“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
~ Buddha
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“I’ve learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life.”’
~ Maya Angelou