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Never compare your inside with somebody else's outside.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 13, 08-22-04
The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
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Never regret something that once made you smile.: Amber Deckers, Ella Mental and the Good Sense Guide
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
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It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?: Edgar Bergen (1903 - 1978), (Charlie McCarthy)
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The less you can live on, the more chance your idea will succeed. This is true even after you’ve 'made it'.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 31. Remain Frugal., 08-22-04
I wish you sunshine on your path and storms to season your journey. I wish you peace in the world in which you live... More I cannot wish you except perhaps love to make all the rest worthwhile.: Robert A. Ward
Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships.: Harriet Lerner
My Grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.: Henny Youngman (1906 - 1998)
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Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.: Albert Guinon (1863 - 1923)
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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.: Joseph Joubert
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Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.: Henry Kissinger (1923 - )
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
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When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
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I deal with stress in two ways because there are two kinds of stress. There's stress that you can take care of and there's stress that you can't. The first one, I take care of it as fast as possible, because putting it off always makes it worse. Things that I can't fix? I think about the fact that I can't fix them. I think about why I can't fix them and I come to terms with the fact that this is a problem that I'm not going to overcome and that the world is not a wish granting factory.: Hank Green, Vlogbrothers, Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam, 08-30-13
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