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The need of man to wholly realize himself is the only fixed star.: Arthur Miller (1915 - 2005), Tragedy and the Common Man
The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man...only five hundred.: Meredith Willson, The Music Man
Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.: William Feather (1908 - 1976)
The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.: Cecil B. DeMille (1881 - 1959)
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Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.: Frank Leahy
Great men's errors are to be venerated as more fruitful than little men's truths.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
The present is a rope stretched over the past. The secret to walking it is, you never look down.: Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world.: Peter York
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)
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Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.: Mary Hemingway
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Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.: David Shore, House M.D., Last Temptation, 2011
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When someone tells you something defies description, you can be pretty sure he's going to have a go at it anyway.: Clyde B. Aster
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.: Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
You would not think that birds who have no brain at all could become so friendly. I swear some of them are more intelligent than many humans, but that says more about our fellow beings than it does about the birds.: Elizabeth Aston, The Second Mrs. Darcy, 2007
Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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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)
Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.: Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984), An Unfinished Woman, 1969
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.: Jeanne Moreau
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