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We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.: Judith Martin, (Miss Manners)
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Nihilism is best done by professionals.: Iggy Pop
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.: Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 - 1957), Lord Peter Wimsey in "Gaudy Night"
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Assumptions are the termites of relationships.: Henry Winkler (1945 - )
To be great is to be misunderstood.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), An Essay on Self-Reliance
I am a galley slave to pen and ink.: Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850)
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To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935)
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Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.: Eugene Delacroix (1798 - 1863)
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She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.: Henry James (1843 - 1916)
Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.: Phil Jackson
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Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.: Edgar Watson Howe (1853 - 1937)
The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.: Tony Blair (1953 - )
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)
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This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.: William Goldman, The Princess Bride
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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.: Rosalynn Carter (1927 - )
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Before we get too depressed about the state of our politics, let's remember our history. The great debates of the past, all stirred great passions. They all made somebody angry, and at least once led to a terrible war. What is amazing, is that despite all the conflict, our experiment in democracy has worked better than any form of government on earth.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), University of Michigan Commencement, 2010
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Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.: Herb Caen