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Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.: Ann Landers (1918 - 2002)
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First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.: Helmuth von Moltke (1800 - 1891)
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The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.: Bret Harte (1836 - 1902)
To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.: Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD)
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)
I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.: An English Professor, Ohio University
Sometimes a good exit is all you can ask for.: Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.: Rita Mae Brown
A bully is not reasonable - he is persuaded only by threats.: Marie De France, 12th Century
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.: John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801 - 1890)
There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger.: Saul Bellow (1915 - 2005), O Magazine, September 2003
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To think about your life is to create it. You have to take ownership of where you are right now and know where you want to go before you can get there. Keep collecting evidence for your success. You can believe it, and you can be it.: Ali Vincent, Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life, 2009
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The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.: E. W. Dijkstra
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Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.: George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
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Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.: Michael Pritchard
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Well done is better than well said.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.: Herb Caen
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The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.: Casey Stengel (1890 - 1975)
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Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.: Nathaniel Branden
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