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Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)
May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down.: Sara June Parker
What you cannot enforce, do not command.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC)
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.: James Lane Allen
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.: Quentin Crisp
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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)
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.: Saint Augustine (354 AD - 430 AD)
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.: Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.: Clement Atlee
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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things - a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.: John Grogan, Marley and Me, 2005
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Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
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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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Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.: Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908 - 1972), "Keep the Faith, Baby!", 1967
If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.: John Cleese (1939 - )
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.: David Viscott, How to Live with Another Person, 1974
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What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)