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Worry is a misuse of imagination.: Dan Zadra
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.: Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), The Crisis, no. 1
Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.: Ellen DeGeneres
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.: Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)
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There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897)
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When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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Sometimes people are on the outside looking in because they don’t have any money. But sometimes people are on the outside looking in because they don’t have any class.: Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant blog, 09-12-06
When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.: Paul Brown (1908 - 1991)
It is the loving, not the loved, woman who feels loveable.: Jessamyn West (1902 - 1984)
I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.: Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
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Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong.: Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734), Gnomologia, 1732
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Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.: Pindar (522 BC - 443 BC), 518-438 B.C.
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No matter how advanced your camera you still need to be responsible for getting it to the right place at the right time and pointing it in the right direction to get the photo you want.: Ken Rockwell, Your Camera Does Not Matter, 2005
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You suffer a lot more hiding something than if you face up to it.: Alexander Woo, True Blood, Beyond Here Lies Nothing, 2009
After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done.: Unknown
The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.: John Blake
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If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.: Tallulah Bankhead (1903 - 1968)
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