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Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.: Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977)
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You've got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old - whatever 'the old' means for you.: Sarah Ban Breathnach
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
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You can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.: Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, 2005
I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.: W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.: William Feather (1908 - 1976)
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The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.: Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
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The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Speech in Indianapolis, April 12, 1959
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External signs of wealth and success are often cheap storefronts that hide internal mediocrity or even incompetence.: Gordon Atkinson, Gospel Living in a Superficial World, 05-30-06
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.: Evenius
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.: Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968), 'No Man Is an Island'
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.: Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.: J. G. C. Brainard
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Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or because they didn't.: L. L. Henderson
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It's very easy to feel someone's pain when you love them.: Salma Hayek, Conversation with Salma Hayek, 2002
Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn't hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.: Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 02-14-2003
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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.: William Feather (1908 - 1976)
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The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.: Morrie Schwartz, Tuesdays With Morrie