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Not every story has explosions and car chases. That's why they have nudity and espionage.: Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, Unshelved, 09-14-08
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The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.: Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778), Emile, 1762
I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say.: Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)
I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one's life has been led. No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it as part of daily life.: John Mason Brown (1900 - 1969)
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One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.: Will Durant (1885 - 1981)
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Nihilism is best done by professionals.: Iggy Pop
The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.: Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.: Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.: Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Personal Conduct"
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.: Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
It is within the families themselves where peace can begin.: Susan Partnow
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007)
Buy the ticket take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson (1939 - 2005), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Ah, sweet alcohol. Like a true friend, you replace the anger with better, louder anger.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 08-23-11
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.: Maya Angelou (1928 - )
The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention hurting your confidence. Believe in your potential and then go out and explore it; don't limit it.: John Eliot, Ph.D., Reverse Psychology for Success
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You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.: Doris Egan, House M.D., House vs. God, 2006
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.: Spanish Proverb
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