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Life is a reciprocal exchange. To move forward, you have to give back.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.: Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
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My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - )
Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses.: Margaret Millar
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The killing was the best part. It was the dying I couldn't take.: Craig Volk, Northern Exposure, A-Hunting We Will Go, 1991
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The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.: William James (1842 - 1910)
Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous.: Sir Thomas Browne (1605 - 1682)
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There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey.: John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), (attributed)
Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality.: Clifton Fadiman (1904 - 1999)
In summer, the song sings itself.: William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
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Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others for thou has many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou are not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?: Thomas a Kempis (1380 - 1471)
Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own.: Arnold Bennett
In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Don't get yourself arrested and make your day worse! If you need to vent, just smash something that's already broken! You can't get in trouble for wrecking the unsalvageable!: R. Stevens, Diesel Sweeties, 11-06-06
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.: Thich Nhat Hanh
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
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Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
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A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.: Burt Bacharach (1928 - )