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I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things.: Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
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Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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I am just going outside and may be some time.: Captain Lawrence Oates (1880 - 1912), last words
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.: Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
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The world's as ugly as sin, and almost as delightful: Frederick Locker-Lampson
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When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with.: John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
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I think wholeness comes from living your life consciously during the day and then exploring your inner life or unconscious at night.: Margery Cuyler
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A good relationship is like fireworks: loud, explosive, and liable to maim you if you hold on too long.: Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, 11-14-08
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...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.: John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
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Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.: Jane Howard, "Families"
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
People who are 'ready' give off a different vibe than people who aren't. Animals can smell fear; maybe that's it. The minute you become ready is the the minute you stop dreaming. Suddenly it's no longer about 'becoming'. Suddenly it's about 'doing'.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 28. Power is never given. Power is taken., 08-22-04
Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.: Ellen DeGeneres
A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.: Jack London (1876 - 1916)
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Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure.: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940), Tender is the Night