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«If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real»
Author: Jacques Barzun (Educator) | About: Life, Speech | Keywords: speechless, unborn, washed
«If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.»
«If I had my life to live over again, I'd dare to make more mistakes the next time»
Author: Nadine Stair | About: Life, Mistakes | Keywords: dare, live over, over again, the next
«If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.»
«If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.»
«If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.»
«If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.»
«If it is an extraordinary blindness to live without investigating what we are, it is a terrible one to live an evil life, while believing in God»
«If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (President) | About: Life | Keywords: over again
«If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.»
Author: Will Rogers | About: Congress, Life, Study | Keywords: session, Sessions, studied, think up