Inspirational Speeches

Are you looking for that special Inspirational Speech?

Have you searched for that elusive and hard to find narrative pitch that spells the difference between success and failure?

Are you dreading that imminent day when 250 guests, the bride and the groom expect you to stand before the masses and deliver an outstanding speech that inspires and ignites the room with lavish and rapturous applause?

We’ve all been there.

Everybody has experienced the impending dread and fear that accompanies the activity of public speaking.

The fact is Inspirational Speeches are very hard to find, especially when you are charged with putting pen to paper and writing the darn thing yourself.

Inspirational Speeches have to be perfect if not in the writing then certainly in the delivery and timing. Even trained and experienced Performers and Actors find it hard when delivering a public performance so it’s no mystery why the first time speaker experiences those feelings of nerves and fear.

However, Speeches can easily be broken down and put into an organized process that allows the narrator or speaker to write and deliver in a much more professional manner.

There are some basic rules that when followed will prepare even the meekest of bridegrooms for the special day and their delivery will be a never forgotten highlight of the special day.

1. Probably the most important part in preparing a speech is to base it on common ground that everyone can associate with. Your bride and groom are the best people to probe about the general background of the wedding party as they will probably be related to most of the congregation. You don’t want to deliver a speech heavily laced with political innuendos if no body understands the humor.
2. Try to keep the speech as clean as possible as you’re less likely to offend anyone with a clean delivery. It’s alright to include the odd ‘alternative’ joke but try to be aware that there may be young children in the room and any bad language will spoil the mood and perhaps the day.
3. Putting an inspirational speech together is much easier if you can draw upon experiences that are real and have happened. Reminiscing in this way adds a certain quality to the narration and helps people feel the experience.
4. Practice, practice and practice again until you are comfortable with your speech and you feel that you have everything polished. The more comfortable you are with the material your delivering the better your delivery.
5. Lastly make sure you have fun and enjoy your big moment. People will enjoy your speech so much more if you enjoy delivering the speech. Relax and let it flow……..you’ve earned it.

Take a look at some of the speeches we’ve put together and let your creative juices flow.

Take inspiration from these inspirational speeches.

Inspiration Quotes

Inspirational Pictures

Inspirational Pictures

A picture can speak a thousand words; inspirational pictures can inspire a thousand thoughts.

For 100’s of years mankind has been documenting every leg of their private journey through life in the form of pictures and photographs. We are a species who is obsessed with our own lives and the images that our lives portray.

From the moment we are born our parents are inspired to create daily logs of our early years in the form of inspirational pictures taken at absurd moments of our babyhood; pictures that are collected in giant chests and abandoned until the next family gathering whereby they are once again cooed over by bias family members.

Inspirational pictures come in a thousand different disguises, each uniquely special to the observer. The picture can be a Wedding a Christening or even a graduation, the point is the inspiration comes from the vision that is presented to the individual. No two pictures are ever alike and one picture taken at one moment can be very different the next.

My favorite inspirational picture comes from the ……………………… Although I am biased this picture invokes powerful feelings and has a special place on my study wall. My inspiration lies in the way the picture lifts my spirit irrespective of when I look at it and regardless of my mood. The picture gives hope and positive thoughts as it paints a better world with thousands of possibilities.

We hope you take inspiration from the pictures that are presented in this website and please take the time to view all of our inspirational pictures.

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Inspirational Speeches

Inspirational Movies

Inspirational movies

You can’t beat the feeling that comes from watching inspirational movies. Over your life time you will watch 100’s of movies and in some cases maybe 1000’s but every so often there comes along that one movie that sets it aside from all others.

There’s not a chance that I’m getting into a debate over this subject as movies to people are like music to people. Each taste is simply individual and not everyone can relate to the same taste.

After all it would be a boring and dull world if everyone did think and feel the same.

Some people are romantics and will die by the fact that ‘Gone with the wind’ as being the most inspirational movie. Others are action buffs and will swear that ‘Die Hard’ is the most inspirational movie ever made.

My own favorite is ‘Shawshank Redemption’ written by Steven King and directed into a movie by …………….

Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins are electric in this classic film.

If you haven’t watched this film then I strongly urge you to do so as it will be an unforgettable experience. The film deals with all levels of human emotion from cruelty to hate, passion and love. It has some very clever twists and is an amazing tale of mans capability to survive in extreme conditions.

I guarantee you’ll love it and if you don’t…….well like I said, ‘each to their own’.

We have many movies listed within this page. We only hope that you find your own inspirational movie.

Inspirational Pictures

Inspirational Sayings

Inspirational sayings

Inspirational sayings have the power to deliver great guidance and a unique way of life if you allow the wisdom and inspiration from the words to fill your mind. Inspirational sayings are the good experiences and philosophies in life, written by minds that we aspire to be like.

Inspiration is a very powerful tool and can give people unbelievable amounts of energy, energy that will allow us to conquer our fears and strive beyond our ultimate goals.

Make these inspirational sayings part of your lifestyle and listen to a new saying on a daily basis.

The best time to read each saying is probably first thing in the morning as this will give you the boost in spirit and in mind to carry you through the day. Every individual has obstacles that occur on a daily basis, how we react to these obstacles influences whether we are able to overcome the obstacle or not.

Inspirational sayings will give you opportunities to see similar problems that you may face and often will provide answers or solutions to these problems through the wisdom of the words.

Inspirational Movies

Inspirational Bible Verses

Inspirational bible versus

There comes a point in everybody’s life when their faith to the lord is tested through one means or another. Inspirational bible versus are a great mechanism to re-affirm our beliefs and re-establish our special relationship with the lord.

There is no shame to seek these inspirational bible quotes as they reflect the lords will and will provide solid guidance for those who seek it.

Inspirational bible versus will also give you the means to gather your thoughts when faced with a problematic situation and offer you comfort through hard or challenging times.

Use these versus and let the wisdom contained within each quote give you true guidance to enlighten and lift your spirit and enhance your life.

Inspirational Bible Versus – Love

Deut. 6:5: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Joshua 24:15   As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Psalms 18: 30    As for God, his way is perfect.

Psalms 23:1   The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want.

Psalms 27: 1    The Lord is the strength of my life.

Psalms 32: 8    I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which
thou shalt go.

Psalms 86: 11    Teach me thy way, O Lord

Psalms 96: 1    O sing unto the Lord a new song.

Psalms 107: 1    O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good.

Psalms 118: 24    This is the day which the Lord hath made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalms 119:105   Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Proverbs 1:7   The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.

Proverbs 3:6   In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 15:1   A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words
stir up anger.

Proverbs 17:17   A friend loveth at all times.

Mark 10:27   For with God all things are possible.

John 15:7   If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

John 15:12   This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Romans 12:10   Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love.

1 Cor. 13:13   And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Philippians 1: 3   I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.

Philippians 4:19   But my God shall supply all your need

1 John 4:7   Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 14:21

“Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.”

John 15:9

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.”

1John 4:9

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Matthew 22:37-39

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

This is the first and greatest commandment.

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.”

1Corinthians 13:4-8

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.

Inspirational Bible Quotes: 1
“We love Him because He first loved us.”
1 John 4:9-10

Inspirational Bible Verse: 3

“And Jesus said unto them … , “If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to younder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.”
Romans 1:17

Inspirational Bible Quotes: 4

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear … “
1 John 4:18

Inspirational Bible Verses: 7
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Deuteronomy 31:6

Inspirational Bible Verses: 8
The LORD gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you.”Deuteronomy 31:23
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9

Inspirational Bible Verses: 9
Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the LORD gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
1 Chronicles 22:13

Inspirational Bible Verses: 11
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13

Inspirational Bible Verses: 12
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear ; do not be frightened.”
Take Courage
1 Peter 3:14

Inspirational Bible Quotes: 15
Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.”
Ezra 10:4

Inspirational Bible Verses: 16
Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed,
Mark 6:51

Inspirational Bible Verses: 17
Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.
The Effects Your Courage Will Have On Others
Ezekiel 22:14

Inspirational Bible Verses: 20

… say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”
Isaiah 35:4

Inspirational Bible Verses:
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10

Inspirational Bible Verse: 23
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.”
Psalm 23

Inspirational Bible Quotes: 25
“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”
Proverbs 18:10

Inspirational Bible Verse: 26

“LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”
Psalm 16:5-8

Inspirational Bible Verses: 27
“It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights. He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great. You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.”
Psalm 18:32-36

Inspirational Bible Verses: 28
“Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD.”
Psalm 25:4-7

Inspirational Bible Verses: 30
“One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.”
Psalm 27:4-5

Inspirational Bible Verses: 31
“The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one. Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.”
Psalm 28:7-9

Inspirational Bible Verses: 32
“Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me; O LORD, be my help. You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.”
Psalm 30:10-12

Inspirational Bible Verses: 33
“Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.”
Daniel 2:20-22

Inspirational Bible Verses: 35

“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own time–God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.”
1 Timothy 6:12-16

Inspirational Bible Quotes: 36
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6

Inspirational Bible Quotes: 38
“Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”
Proverbs 16:3

Inspirational Bible Verses: 41

“The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies. The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.”
Psalm 18:2-6

Inspirational Bible Verses: 42
“The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior! He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me, who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me. Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD; I will sing praises to your name.”
Psalm 18:46-49

Inspirational Bible Quotes: 43
“The LORD is my light and my salvation- whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life- of whom shall I be afraid?”
Psalm 27:1

Inspirational Bible Quotes: 44
“That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil-this is the gift of God.”
Ecclesiastes 3:13

Inspirational Bible Quotes: 49

“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called.”
1 Timothy 6:12

Inspirational Bible Quotes: 51
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?”
1 Corinthians 3:16

Inspirational Sayings

Motivation Quotes

Famous movie quotes

‘Nobody puts baby in a corner.’ Dirty Dancing- Patrick Swayze (1987)

We all have our favourite famous movie quotes. Movie quotes are as iconic as the movies themselves or the actors that star in them.

Take the movie quote above. This quote is a true classic and since the release of ‘Dirty Dancing’ way back in the 80’s those immortal words have been silently mouthed by ‘Dirty Dancing’ fans the world over.

So what is it about these movie quotes that makes them so memorable?

Speaking from personal experience, I tend to watch movies for the sake of escapism.

Movies have the magical ability to transport your mind to another dimension and in some cases, a much more attractive dimension.

In movies anything can happen and everything does. You want action you’ve got it, fantasy no problem, love and romance then just flick a switch and let the motion begin.

For ninety minutes you can be anyone and you can do anything. You can believe in miracles, win wars, overcome tyrants and marry princesses.

It all happens at the movies.

This is the reason for such memorable quotations. Movies capture the imagination and leave a lasting effect within our minds. Famous movie quotations enable us to re-live this euphoric feeling through the magic of the words that are recited from our favourite films.

Take the famous words of Patrick Swayze and relive the moment when you first heard those words.

‘Nobody puts baby in the corner’

Practically every sleep over for the past twenty years has involved the viewing of this infamous film. When heard again by grown women, this famous movie quote undoubtedly incites wonderful memories of adolescent life where there was little responsibility and heaps of magical fun filled moments.

There is a point in time that everyone would love to relive.

Movies have the power to take you back to that moment almost as if you were living in that time again.

Enjoy the quotations that we have collated together.

Remember with fondness those times in summers past spent with friends that you may or may not know any longer.

Salute the memory of all the films that have filled your world and pay homage to all of the actors and actresses that have starred in such films.

These are your famous movie quotes.

1 I’ll be back (The Terminator)
2 Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.  (Gone with the Wind)
3 Show me the money.  (Jerry Maguire)
4 Go ahead, make my day.  (Sudden Impact)
5 Mama always said life is like a box of chocolates…(Forrest Gump)
6 You can’t handle the truth (A Few Good Men)
7 Hasta la vista, baby.  (T2)
8 May the force be with you (Star Wars)
9 There’s no place like home (The Wizard of Oz)
10  Yeah, baby (Austin Powers)
11*  Here’s looking at you, kid (Casablanca)
11*  E.T., phone home (E.T.)
12* (I’ll) make him an offer he can’t refuse (The Godfather)
12* Bond, James Bond (James Bond films)
13 Are you talking to me? (Taxi Driver)
14  I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore (Network)
15  Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night (All About Eve)
16 You complete me (Jerry Maguire)
17  Hakuna Matata (The Lion King)
18* Play it again, Sam (Casablanca)
(Actually: Play it once, Sam, for old time’s sake.  Play ‘As Time Goes By’)
18* Run, Forrest, run.  (Forrest Gump)
18* Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas any more (The Wizard of Oz)
18* We don’t need no stinking badges (Treasure of Sierra Madre)
(Actually: Badges?  We ain’t go no badges.  We don’t need no badges.  I don’t have to show you any stinking badges.)
19 I love the smell of napalm in the morning (Apocalypse Now)
20 Say hello to my little friend (Scarface)

Forrest Gump (1994)

Lieutenant Dan: Have you found God yet, Gump?
Forrest Gump: I didn’t know I was supposed to be looking for him.

Man at Bench: It was a bullet, wasn’t it?
Forrest Gump: A bullet?
Man at Bench: That jumped up and bit you.
Forrest Gump: Oh, yes sir. Bit me right in the buttocks. They said it was a million dollar wound, but the army must keep that money ’cause I still haven’t seen a nickel of that million dollars.

Forrest Gump: Sometimes, there just aren’t enough rocks.

Jenny Curran: Have you ever been with a girl, Forrest?
Forrest Gump: I sit next to them in my home economics class all the time.

President Kennedy (Jed Gillin): Congratulations. How do you feel?
Forrest Gump: I gotta pee.

Forrest: He was from a long great military tradition. Somebody from his family had fought and died in every single American war. I guess you could say he had a lot to live up to.

Mrs. Gump: Don’t you be afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life, something we’re all destined to do.

Mrs. Gump: I happen to believe you make your own destiny. You have to do the best with what God gave you.
Forrest Gump: What’s my destiny, Mama?
Mrs. Gump: You’re gonna have to figure that out for yourself. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you’re gonna get.

Forrest Gump: (referring to Apple Computer) He got me invested in some kinda fruit company.

Forrest Gump: I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floatin’ around accidental-like on a breeze. But I, I think maybe it’s both, maybe both happening at the same time.

Drill Sergeant: Gump! What’s your sole purpose in this army?
Forrest Gump: To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant!
Drill Sergeant: God damn it, Gump! You’re a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump.

Forrest Gump: Lieutenant Dan, what are you doing here?
Lieutenant Dan: I’m here to try out my sea legs.
Forrest Gump: But you ain’t got no legs, Lieutenant Dan.

Dead Poets Society (1989)

John Keating: We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, “O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless–of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life? Answer. That you are here – that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?

Keating: Sucking all the marrow out of life doesn’t mean choking on the bone.

Daulton : (answering phone) Welton Academy, hello? … Yes he is, hold on. Mr. Nolan, it’s for you. (holds up phone) It’s God. He says we should have girls at Welton.

John Keating :  Why do we need language?
Neil Perry :  To communicate…
John Keating : Nooo!! To woo women!

Keating: No matter what anybody tells you, words & ideas can change the world.

Keating: Now I’d like you to step forward over here. They’re not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they’re destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? — Carpe — hear it? — Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.

Famous Love Quotes

Famous Love Poems

Famous love poems

There isn’t a romantic on Earth who hasn’t pondered on the melodic verse of a famous love poem. Whether they are centuries old and written by the most famous of bards, or written just yesterday, famous love poems always manage to serve the narrator in a magical fashion.

Love poems are a natural bi-product of that most sacred of emotions, and they have managed to hold even the coldest of hearts spellbound in their enchanted grip.

What is it about these poems that make such an iconic gesture to those that we love?

Although emotion manages to convey powerful feelings this often crumbles before the power of words. Emotion can only be felt by the receiver of these feelings yet words can still be felt thousands of years beyond the poet’s life time.

Once committed onto paper the love poem can be shared by many and idealistic minds can share in the beauty of the poet’s undying love for another.

Today’s popular love poems are often spoke through the power of music and words combined, sung by infamous pop and rock artists that have millions following in their wake. In essence this fascination is not much different to the reverence that was once held for famous poets such as Shakespeare etc.

Fact has it that stories of love inspire people. They manage to grip our imagination and transport us to other times and other worlds.

Without love poems or love songs we wouldn’t be able to express ourselves in such a creative manner.

Thankfully famous love poems are here to stay and may there influence carry on inspiring people for centuries more.

For people in love try famous love poems.

Lets start with the very most famous and unique love poet of all times, Shakespear. Shakespear was born in 1564 and quite remarkably is still a much loved and respected poet that has transcended the ages through the power of mind and pen. Most notibly, Shakespear was also a very respected poet and playwright of his day and could enthrall audiances then and now.

Shall I compare thee to a summers day?

William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day ?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st;
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

O Mistress Mine

William Shakespeare

O Mistress mine, where are you roaming?
O, stay and hear; your true love’s coming,
That can sing both high and low:
Trip no further, pretty sweeting;
Journeys end in lovers meeting,
Every wise man’s son doth know.
What is love? ‘Tis not hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What’s to come is still unsure:
In delay there lies not plenty;
Then, come kiss me, sweet and twenty,
Youth’s a stuff will not endure.

My Mistress’ eyes

William Shakespeare

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red,
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun,
If hairs be wires, black wires grow upon her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks,
And in some perfumes is there more delight,
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak: yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound,
I grant I never saw a goddess go,
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground,
And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
As any she belied with false compare.

Tell her that’s young

William Shakespeare

Tell her that’s young,
And shuns to have her graces spied,
That hadst thou sprung,
In deserts where no men abide,
Thou must have uncommended died
Small is the worth,
Of beauty from the light retired,
Bid her come forth,
Suffer herself to be desired,
And not to blush so to be admired.
Then die – that she,
The common fate of all things rare,
May read in thee,
How small a part of time they share,
That are so wondrous sweet and fair !

Love

By William Shakespeare

TELL me where is Fancy bred,
Or in the heart or in the head?
How begot, how nourished?
Reply, reply.
It is engender’d in the eyes,
With gazing fed; and Fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
Let us all ring Fancy’s knell:
I’ll begin it,–Ding, dong, bell.
All. Ding, dong, bell.

Take, O Take

By William Shakespeare

TAKE, O take those lips away

That so sweetly were forsworn,

And those eyes, the break of day,

Lights that do mislead the morn:

But my kisses bring again,

Bring again—

Seals of love, but seal’d in vain,

Seal’d in vain!

Love Sonnet 1

From fairest creatures we desire increase,

That thereby beauty’s rose might never die,

But as the riper should by time decease,

His tender heir might bear his memory:

But thou contracted to thine own bright eyes,

Feed’st thy light’s flame with self-substantial fuel,

Making a famine where abundance lies,

Thy self thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel:

Thou that art now the world’s fresh ornament,

And only herald to the gaudy spring,

Within thine own bud buriest thy content,

And, tender churl, mak’st waste in niggarding:

Pity the world, or else this glutton be,

To eat the world’s due, by the grave and thee.

Love Sonnet 2

When forty winters shall besiege thy brow

And dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field,

Thy youth’s proud livery, so gaz’d on now,

Will be a tatter’d weed, of small worth held:

Then being ask’d, where all thy beauty lies,

Where all the treasure of thy lusty days,

To say, within thine own deep-sunken eyes,

Were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise.

How much more praise deserv’d thy beauty’s use,

If thou couldst answer ‘This fair child of mine

Shall sum my count, and make my old excuse,’

Proving his beauty by succession thine!

This were to be new made when thou art old,

And see thy blood warm when thou feel’st it cold.

Love Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade

Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;

Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,

When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

Love Sonnet 29

When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,

I all alone beweep my outcast state

And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries

And look upon myself and curse my fate,

Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,

Featur’d like him, like him with friends possess’d,

Desiring this man’s art and that man’s scope,

With what I most enjoy contented least;

Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,

Haply I think on thee, and then my state,

Like to the lark at break of day arising

From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate;

For thy sweet love remember’d such wealth brings

That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Love Sonnet 40

Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all;

What hast thou then more than thou hadst before?

No love, my love, that thou mayst true love call;

All mine was thine before thou hadst this more.

Then if for my love thou my love receivest,

I cannot blame thee for my love thou usest;

But yet be blamed, if thou thyself deceivest

By wilful taste of what thyself refusest.

I do forgive thy robbery, gentle thief,

Although thou steal thee all my poverty;

And yet, love knows, it is a greater grief

To bear love’s wrong than hate’s known injury.

Lascivious grace, in whom all ill well shows,

Kill me with spites; yet we must not be foes.

Love Sonnet 44

If the dull substance of my flesh were thought,

Injurious distance should not stop my way.

For then, despite of space, I would be brought

From limits far remote where thou dost stay.

No matter then although my foot did stand

Upon the farthest earth removed from thee.

For nimble thought can jump both sea and land

As soon as think the place where he would be.

But, ah, thought kills me, that I am not thought,

To leap large length of miles when thou art gone,

But that, so much of earth and water wrought,

I must attend times leisure with my moan,

Receiving naught by elements so slow

But heavy tears, badges of either’s woe.

Love Sonnet 55

Not marble, nor the gilded monuments

Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;

But you shall shine more bright in these contents

Than unswept stone, besmear’d with sluttish time.

When wasteful war shall statues overturn,

And broils root out the work of masonry,

Nor Mars his sword nor war’s quick fire shall burn

The living record of your memory.

‘Gainst death and all oblivious enmity

Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room,

Even in the eyes of all posterity

That wear this world out to the ending doom.

So, till the judgment that yourself arise,

You live in this, and dwell in lovers’ eyes.

Love Sonnet 63

Against my love shall be as I am now,

With Time’s injurious hand crush’d and o’erworn;

When hours have drain’d his blood and fill’d his brow

With lines and wrinkles; when his youthful morn

Hath travelled on to age’s steepy night;

And all those beauties whereof now he’s king

Are vanishing, or vanished out of sight,

Stealing away the treasure of his spring;

For such a time do I now fortify

Against confounding age’s cruel knife,

That he shall never cut from memory

My sweet love’s beauty, though my lover’s life:

His beauty shall in these black lines be seen,

And they shall live, and he in them still green.

Love Sonnet 105

Let not my love be called idolatry,

Nor my beloved as an idol show,

Since all alike my songs and praises be

To one, of one, still such, and ever so.

Kind is my love to-day, to-morrow kind,

Still constant in a wondrous excellence;

Therefore my verse to constancy confined,

One thing expressing, leaves out difference.

Fair, kind, and true, is all my argument,

Fair, kind, and true, varying to other words;

And in this change is my invention spent,

Three themes in one, which wondrous scope affords.

Fair, kind, and true, have often lived alone,

Which three till now, never kept seat in one.

Love Sonnet 109

O, never say that I was false of heart,

Though absence seemed my flame to qualify.

As easy might I from my self depart

As from my soul which in thy breast doth lie.

That is my home of love; if I have ranged,

Like him that travels I return again,

Just to the time, not with the time exchanged,

So that myself bring water for my stain.

Never believe though in my nature reigned

All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood,

That it could so preposterously be stained

To leave for nothing all thy sum of good;

For nothing this wide universe I call

Save thou, my rose, in it thou art my all

Love Sonnet 116

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments; love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O, no, it is an ever-fixèd mark,

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wand’ring bark,

Whose worth’s unknown, although his heighth be taken.

Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle’s compass come;

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Love Sonnet 130

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

I have seen roses damasked, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare.

Love Sonnet 138

When my love swears that she is made of truth,

I do believe her though I know she lies,

That she might think me some untutored youth,

Unlearned in the world’s false subtleties.

Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,

Although she knows my days are past the best,

Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue:

On both sides thus is simple truth suppressed:

But wherefore says she not she is unjust?

And wherefore say not I that I am old?

O! love’s best habit is in seeming trust,

And age in love, loves not to have years told:

Therefore I lie with her, and she with…

Love Sonnet 147

My love is as a fever, longing still

For that which longer nurseth the disease,

Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill,

Th’ uncertain sickly appetite to please.

My reason, the physician to my love,

Angry that his prescriptions are not kept,

Hath left me, and I desperate now approve

Desire is death, which physic did except.

Past cure I am, now reason is past care,

And frantic-mad with evermore unrest;

My thoughts and my discourse as mad men’s are,

At random from the truth vainly expressed.

For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright,

Who art as black as hell, as dark as night.

Love Sonnet 148

O ME! what eyes hath love put in my head,

Which have no correspondence with true sight:

Or if they have, where is my judgment fled

That censures falsely what they see aright?

If that be fair whereon my false eyes dote,

What means the world to say it is not so?

If it be not, then love doth well denote

Love’s eye is not so true as all men’s: No,

How can it? O how can love’s eye be true,

That is so vex’d with watching and with tears?

No marvel then though I mistake my view:

The sun itself sees not till heaven clears.

O cunning Love! with tears thou keep’st me blind,

Lest eyes well-seeing thy foul faults should find!

Love Sonnet 153

Cupid laid by his brand, and fell asleep:

A maid of Dian’s this advantage found,

And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep

In a cold valley-fountain of that ground;

Which borrow’d from this holy fire of Love

A dateless lively heat, still to endure,

And grew a seething bath, which yet men prove

Against strange maladies a sovereign cure.

But at my mistress’ eye Love’s brand new-fired,

The boy for trial needs would touch my breast;

I, sick withal, the help of bath desired,

And thither hied, a sad distemper’d guest,

But found no cure: the bath for my help lies

Where Cupid got new fire–my mistress’ eyes.

Love Sonnet 154

The little Love-god lying once asleep

Laid by his side his heart-inflaming brand,

Whilst many nymphs that vow’d chaste life to keep

Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand

The fairest votary took up that fire

Which many legions of true hearts had warm’d;

And so the general of hot desire

Was sleeping by a virgin hand disarm’d.

This brand she quenched in a cool well by,

Which from Love’s fire took heat perpetual,

Growing a bath and healthful remedy

For men diseased; but I, my mistress’ thrall,

Came there for cure, and this by that I prove,

Love’s fire heats water, water cools not love.

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Famous sports quotes

Famous sports quotes and famous sports personalities have been captivating the imagination of every day people for decades. No matter where our personal interests lie we undoubtedly have been inspired by a famous sports person in one sport or another as they are the masters of true performance and aspire to be the best.

Its no wonder that they command respect and awe and have leagues of fans and followers who admire and worship their movements.

Muhammad Ali, one of the most famous sports personalities in the world once made one of the most famous sports quotes when he declared;

‘Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them–a desire, a dream, a vision.’

Within this famous sports quote, Ali has realised the special ingredients that manage to separate a great athlete from a world class athlete.

What he is saying is anyone can train in a gym and learn to fight. Yet this doesn’t mean that they will make world champions.

A champion is born a champion and his mind will not give in until he has achieved his full potential.

This unique feature isn’t just limited to boxing as it appears in many other sports and is practiced by many other sports personalities. Baseball, Hockey, Soccer they all have Hero’s who manage to dominate their particular sport.

You will find a wealth of material within this page that will hopefully inspire and motivate you and many more famous sports quotes to use at your leisure.

Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.
Roger Bannister
After becoming first person to break four-minute mile, 1952.

When I step onto the court, I don’t have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a better solution. It’s like therapy. It relaxes me and allows me to solve problems.
Michael Jordan
American basketball player.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you’ll win….Channel your energy. Focus.
Carl Lewis
American athlete and winner 9 Olympic gold medals.

It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.
Robert Lynd
Irish Writer.

The more I practice, the luckier I get.
Gary Player
South African golfer, generally regarded as one of the greatest players.

If you don’t do what’s best for your body, you’re the one who comes up on the short end.
Julius Erving
American basketball player.

So you wish to conquer in the Olympic games, my friend? And I too, by the Gods, and a fine thing it would be. But first mark the conditions and the consequences, and then set to work. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or no, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and from wine at your will; in a word, to give yourself over to the trainer as to a physician. Then in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, or to be severely thrashed, and, after all these things, to be defeated.
Epictetus
Greek Stoic philosopher.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright.

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Famous funny quotes

Famous funny quotes have had the world laughing for centuries. Funny quotes are the product of comedians and famous actors that can conjure verbal witticism from even the most of mundane experiences.

These people are famous for the fact that they have a unique insight into life and have the influence to leave a lasting contribution to their immense sense of humor in cultural and film memoirs that can be enjoyed for ever more.

The power of humor is a most wonderful thing and can have a lasting inspiration on people’s lives. The power of laughter can and does cure a multitude of ailments that no amount of medicine could cure.

“I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception.”

Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx was an American film star and a comedian who was aptly named as the master of wit.

Like Groucho there are 1000’s of similar personalities who have the same ability to entertain with their creative humorous accounts of life.

Enjoy the famous funny quotes that you find within this article an may they give you the pleasure that they have given to me.

Famous funny quotes

W. C. Fields
I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.

Jay Leno
[putting arms around Nigella Lawson] My wife is going to kill me. But you look like my wife, so that’s Ok!

Jerry Seinfield
Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God’s final word on where your lips end.

Mel Brooks
I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I’m one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.

George Bernard Shaw
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Groucho Marx
I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception.

Friedrich Nietzsche
A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.

Bill Cosby
A word to the wise ain’t necessary — it’s the stupid ones that need the advice.

Woody Allen, Love and Death

The key here, I think, is to not think of death as an end. But, but, think of it more as a very effective way of cutting down on your expenses.

Jim Carrey, The Cable Guy

You’d be surprised how many customers treat me like snot, like I’m a goddamn plumber or somethin’.

Hugh Grant, Notting Hill

[to Julia Roberts] I live in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are, my mother has trouble remembering my name.

Timothy Walker, Four Weddings and a Funeral

[talking about his new wife] Ignore her. She’s drunk. At least I hope she is. Otherwise I’m in real trouble.

Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jone’s Diary

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.

Groucho Marx, Night at the Opera

When I invite a woman to dinner, I expect her to look at my face. That’s the price she has to pay.

Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jone’s Diary

My mum, a strange creature from the time when pickles on toothpicks were still the height of sophistication.

Rupert Everett, My Best Friend’s Wedding

Hmm… Death by mini bar, how glamorous.

Robert De Niro, Meet the Parents

I will be watching you and if I find that you are trying to corrupt my first born child, I will bring you down, baby. I will bring you down to Chinatown.

Woody Allen, Love and Death

The key here, I think, is to not think of death as an end. But, but, think of it more as a very effective way of cutting down on your expenses.

Jim Carrey, The Cable Guy

You’d be surprised how many customers treat me like snot, like I’m a goddamn plumber or somethin’.

Hugh Grant, Notting Hill

[to Julia Roberts] I live in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are, my mother has trouble remembering my name.

Timothy Walker, Four Weddings and a Funeral

[talking about his new wife] Ignore her. She’s drunk. At least I hope she is. Otherwise I’m in real trouble.

Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jone’s Diary

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.

Groucho Marx, Night at the Opera

When I invite a woman to dinner, I expect her to look at my face. That’s the price she has to pay.

Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jone’s Diary

My mum, a strange creature from the time when pickles on toothpicks were still the height of sophistication.

Rupert Everett, My Best Friend’s Wedding

Hmm… Death by mini bar, how glamorous.

Robert De Niro, Meet the Parents

I will be watching you and if I find that you are trying to corrupt my first born child, I will bring you down, baby. I will bring you down to Chinatown.

A dreamcatcher works, if your dream is to be gay.

– Demetri Martin

Every fight is a food fight when you’re a cannibal.

– Demetri Martin

I think the worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades…or a game of fake heart attack.

– Demetri Martin

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.

– Bill Cosby

If it’s sent by ship then it’s a cargo, if it’s sent by road then it’s a shipment.

– Dave Allen

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Famous inspirational quotes

Famous inspirational quotes give a lasting impression of wonderful inspirational events or moments occurring throughout history. Whether your particular forte is films, sports or books there is a famous inspirational quote or a famous inspirational personality who has touched your heart and has captured a momentous event through the power of their wisdom and words.

So what is it about these events that can inspire and bond people towards wanting to share similar opinions?

Famous quotations and famous personalities have the qualities that people associate with a winning attitude and success. A famous personality will command respect from a wide following of people simply because they have the drive and determination that allows them to achieve on a very high level and to achieve consistently.

In essence we look up to these people and we aspire to behave and adopt the same lifestyle and values that they practice.

Everyone has a desire to achieve more and operate at a higher level. Adopting these father figure famous personalities as role models sets a fulfilling benchmark in terms of the level that we need to achieve if we are to be as successful as our role models.

Even established famous personalities have role models or mentors that they themselves respect and aim to be like. For this reason alone it is no mystery as to why famous inspirational quotes have the power to inspire and motivate people.

Look upon the famous inspirational quotes contained within this page and try to reflect on your own attitude and abilities when reading the quote. If you take just a small amount of the magic in the words and apply them to your own life then fulfilment and success will be closer than you think.

Enjoy the famous inspirational quotes.

A man who finds no satisfaction in himself will seek for it in vain elsewhere.
La Rochefoucauld

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.
Miguel de Cervantes

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one’s own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
Sir William Temple

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
Samuel Johnson

Insist on yourself. Never imitate.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
Sophocles

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Aristotle

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?
Lord Chesterfield

Follow your honest convictions, and stay strong.
William Thackeray

He that will not reflect is a ruined man.
Asian Proverb

The happiest life is that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us.
Hamerton

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.
Herbert Otto

Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.
Marquise du Deffand

Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Benjamin Franklin

If we all did the things we are capable of,
we would astound ourselves.
Thomas Edison

The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. – Socrates

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.
Robert Cushing

The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.
Cicero

The only journey is the journey within.
Rainer Maria Rilke

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
Doug Firebaugh

God ever works with those who work with will.
Aeschylus

Well done is better than well said.
Benjamin Franklin

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
Lucy Larcom

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings.
Helen Keller

To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Danny Kaye

Our ideas, like orange-plants, spread out in proportion to the size of the box which imprisons the roots.
Edward Bulwer Lytton

In learning to know other things, and other minds, we become more intimately acquainted with ourselves, and are to ourselves better worth knowing.
Philip Gilbert Hamilton

What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.
Hecato, Greek philosopher

To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one’s own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
Plato

Everybody wants to be somebody;
nobody wants to grow.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
Albert Einstein

There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
Proverb

I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
Edward Everett Hale

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Benjamin Disraeli

Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.
Holocaust Museum, Washington, DC

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
Hugh Prather

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Edmund Burke

You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
Shira Tehrani

Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
Ella Williams

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