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I am so beautiful, sometimes people weep when they see me. And it has nothing to do with what I look like really, it is just that I gave myself the power to say that I am beautiful, and if I could do that, maybe there is hope for them too. And the great divide between the beautiful and the ugly will cease to be. Because we are all what we choose.: Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho\'s weblog, 03-23-06
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.: Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.: Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.: Carl Reiner
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
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People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.: David H. Comins
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Hold a book in your hand and you're a pilgrim at the gates of a new city.: Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
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Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.: John Barth (1930 - )
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The things that make us safest from others make us least from ourselves.: Danah Boyd, apophenia, 01-08-07
It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it.: Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870), Statement at the Battle of Fredericksburg (13th December 1862)
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Live always in the best company when you read.: Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
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Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.: Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
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If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.: Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), The Exploration of Space, 1951
The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.: Ruth Benedict (1887 - 1948)
I look at what the phone company does and do the opposite.: Craig Newmark (1952 - ), Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006
The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones.: Peter McWilliams, Life 101
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If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody else's pain.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008