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Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within.: Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883 - 1955)
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Being in the army is like being in the Boy Scouts, except that the Boy Scouts have adult supervision.: Blake Clark
I don't care what it is, when it has an LCD screen, it makes it better.: Kevin Rose, Diggnation, Our Lip Dub Is Better Than Yours, 2008
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Every mile is two in winter.: George Herbert (1593 - 1633), Jacula Prudentum
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When you understand that your feelings are triggered by what you think about an event and not by the event itself, you gain a measure of control. Although you cannot control the things (events) that happen to you, or change your feelings (after all, you feel the way you feel), you can change your thoughts. A change in thoughts often radically alters your feelings.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, August 2003
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.: Michael J. Fox (1961 - ), in "Saving Milly" by Morton Kondrake
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Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path.: Scandinavian Proverb
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If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained. My misery is your pleasure.: Kanye West, Rolling Stone, 2006
By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.: Kristin Hunter, O Magazine, November 2003
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You can't base your life on the past or the present. You have to tell me about your future.: Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), Invisible Monsters, 1999
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But then there's a moment like tonight, a profound and transcendent experience, the feeling as if a door has opened, and it's all because of that instrument, that incredible, magical instrument.: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Mite Makes Right, 1994
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You always pass failure on the way to success.: Mickey Rooney (1920 - )
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.: William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.: Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Emotions"
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If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.: Brendan Francis
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Keep playing games. Make time to play games with your friends and family, because it's surprisingly heartbreaking to wipe a thin layer of dust off a game you love, before you put it back on the shelf because the real world is calling you.: Wil Wheaton, WWdN: In Exile, 12-14-2011
Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), The Advancement of Learning, 1605
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