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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.: Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
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I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.: Lois McMaster Bujold, Ethan of Athos, 1986
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Human pain does not let go of its grip at one point in time. Rather, it works its way out of our consciousness over time. There is a season of sadness. A season of anger. A season of tranquility. A season of hope.: Robert Veninga
Most of you have been where I am tonight. The crash site of unrequited love. You ask yourself, How did I get here? What was it about? Was it her smile? Was it the way she crossed her legs, the turn of her ankle, the poignant vulnerability of her slender wrists? What are these elusive and ephemeral things that ignite passion in the human heart? That's an age-old question. It's perfect food for thought on a bright midsummer's night.: Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman, Northern Exposure, The Bumpy Road to Love, 1991
The important thing is not to stop questioning.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?: Dick Clark
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People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), in a book review
No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.: Minor White
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Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.: Brian Adams
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Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
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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 (1880 - 1968), My Religion, 1927
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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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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), "Eleonora"
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Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for.: Terry Lynn Taylor
I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.: Tom Stoppard (1937 - )
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.: Aaron McGruder, Boondocks, 07-04-04
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I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.: Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
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I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.: Jack Handey (1949 - )