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Success only hurts the first time.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 04-01-2006
No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into stars, or planning the movements of water, or gardening - still all is Beauty!: John Muir (1838 - 1914), Atlantic Monthly, January 1869
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When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.: Oscar Arias Sanchez (1941 - )
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Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you--if you don't play, you can't win.: Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
Change your thoughts and you change your world.: Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself.: Joel Hawes
Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.: Alice May Brock
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One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.: Will Durant (1885 - 1981)
All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.: M. C. Richards
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Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.: Erma Bombeck (1927 - 1996)
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If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?: Harry Shearer
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If there were no God, there would be no Atheists.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent.: Frantz Fanon
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.: E. B. White (1899 - 1985)
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.: Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000), (Snoopy)
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I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
When I'm not doing something that comes deeply from me, I get bored. When I get bored I get distracted and when I get distracted, I become depressed. It's a natural resistance, and it insures your integrity.: Maria Irene Fornes