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If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way.
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Lois McMaster Bujold, "Borders of Infinity", 1989
In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.
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Francis Thompson (1859 - 1907)
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My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them.
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Penn Jillette (1955 - ), in a Compuserve chat
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A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes unnecessary.
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Ingrid Bergman (1915 - 1982)
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There is no joy in a life that is all information. There is no 'juice' to that kind of life. No sweetness, no color. Like trading a beautiful golden-ripe orange for a stalk of whithered broccoli.
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Tish Grier, love and sex and dreams, 04-15-06
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
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Vince Lombardi (1913 - 1970)
Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
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Doug Larson
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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Things are only impossible until they're not.
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Jean-Luc Picard, 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
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Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
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Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684)
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
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E. F. Schumacher
Don't sacrifice your political convictions for the convenience of the hour.
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Edward M. Kennedy (1932 - )
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
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Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
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Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.
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John Wilmot
The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.
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Glaser and Way
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The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935)
Actions have consequences...first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.
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Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992
There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.
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Celia Thaxter
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Nostalgia is a side effect of dying.
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John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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