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An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.: Bonnie Friedman, in New York Times
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[Detractors] are just wrong, and that's okay. They just don't see it yet. That's what I would tell myself to keep those moments of doubt, only moments.: Lisa Kudrow, Vasser Commencement Address, 2010
I celebrate myself, and sing myself.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), Song of Myself, 1855
If only corporal punishment cured low self-esteem.: Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, She's A Bit of A Pout, author's note, 08-31-11
I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.: Jack Handey (1949 - )
Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.: Shakti Gawain
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You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.: Olin Miller
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.: Philip K. Dick (1928 - 1982), What the Dead Men Say, 1954
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The past is finished. There is nothing to be gained by going over it. Whatever it gave us in the experiences it brought us was something we had to know.: Rebecca Beard
Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished.: Leslie Nielsen (1926 - )
It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.: Jerome K. Jerome (1859 - 1927)
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
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I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.: Lois McMaster Bujold, Ethan of Athos, 1986
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I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.: Scott Westerfeld, Extras, 2007
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The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.: May Sarton, Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, 1965
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Speech in Indianapolis, April 12, 1959
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Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therin to be content.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.: Unknown