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“We do have trouble dealing with death, but it's the one thing that is guaranteed we are all going to have to do, and we are going to have to face it many times before we die ourselves.”

Faces Dies Trouble One Thing Dealing With Death

Author:Katherine Paterson

“There is something intrinsically wrong about letters. For one thing they are not instantaneous. ... Nor is this the only trouble about letters. They do not arrive often enough. A letter which has been passionately awaited should be immediately supplemented by another one, to counteract the feeling of flatness that comes upon us when the agonizing delights of anticipation have been replaced by the colder flood of fulfilment.”

Should Has Beens Enough Feelings Trouble One Thing Letters Delight Anticipation Flood Replaced Fulfilment Instantaneous Agonizing Flatness

Author:Vita Sackville-West

“The goodness of the heart is shown in deeds Of peacefulness and kindness. Hand and heart Are one thing with the good, as thou should'st be. Do my words trouble thee? then treasure them, Pain overgot gives peace, as death doth Heaven. All things that speak of Heaven speak of peace.”

Giving Should Heart Hands Pain Speak Heaven Peace Kindness Trouble One Thing Goodness All Things Deeds Treasure Thee Peacefulness

Author:Philip James Bailey

“to have a crisis, and act upon it, is one thing. To dwell in perpetual crisis is another.”

Trouble One Thing Stress Crisis Perpetual

Author:Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

“When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.”

People Trying Doe Joy Loses Church Trouble One Thing Stage African American

Author:James Brown

“Though troubles assail And dangers affright, Though friends should all fail And foes all unite; Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide, The scripture assures us, The Lord will provide.”

Should Lord Failing Trouble One Thing Danger Scripture Foe

Book:The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c

Source: The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c

“An investment decision in the common stock of a company frequently involves a whole lot of factors interacting ... the one thing that causes the most trouble is when you combine a bunch of these together, you get this lollapalooza effect.”

Whole Together Causes Decision Common Company Trouble One Thing Effects Investment Bunch Factors Interacting

Author:Charlie Munger

“I have confused ideas of deity, heavily influenced by mind-altering years of reading science fiction, that do not often trouble me, but one thing I know for certain, and have known since the age of five or six, is that I really can't stand the God of Abraham. In fact, I consider him to constitute the pattern to which every true asshole I have ever known in my life has pretty well conformed.”

Knows Years Mind Wells Ideas Facts Age Certain Reading Fiction Known Five Trouble One Thing Six Science Fiction Patterns Confused Deities Abraham Very True

Author:Michael Chabon

“I've learned that one thing about my life that is certain is trouble.”

Certain Trouble One Thing I've Learned

Author:T.I.

“One thing I learned, with permission of the school committee of Indianapolis, was that when a tyrant or a government gets in trouble it wonders what to do. Declare war! Then nothing else matters. It's like chess; when in doubt, castle.”

War Matter Government School Wonder Doubt Trouble One Thing Chess Tyrants Permission Committees Castles When In Doubt Indianapolis

Author:Kurt Vonnegut