Random Quotations

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I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.
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Dorothy Day (1897 - 1980), The Long Loneliness, 1952
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
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Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), Lecture at Columbia University, 28 Apr. 1959
It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.
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Roberto Benigni (1952 - ), in Newsweek
On a lazy Saturday morning when you're lying in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, there is a space where fantasy and reality become one. Are you awake, or are you dreaming? You see people and things; some are familiar; some are strange. You talk, you feel, but you move without walking; you fly without wings. Your mind and your body exist, but on separate planes. Time stands still. For me, this is the feeling I have when ideas come.
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Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), Lynn on Ideas
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.
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Georges Clemenceau (1841 - 1929)
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
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Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
May your service of love a beautiful thing; want nothing else, fear nothing else and let love be free to become what love truly is.
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Hadewijch of Antwerp
Have more than thou showest; Speak less than thou knowest.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'King Lear,' Act I, Scene iv
[Common sense] is the best sense I know of.
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Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
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Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, September 2002
I'm thirty years old, but I read at the thirty-four-year-old level.
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Dana Carvey (1955 - )
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.
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Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977)
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
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J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
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J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003
Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want.
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Martha Beck, O Magazine, February 2003
Storms make oaks take deeper root.
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George Herbert (1593 - 1633)
Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.
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Sarah Ban Breathnach
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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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