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It was reassuring to know exactly where one stood. That one stood at the end of the line was not pertinent. At least there was a line in which to subsist.: Linda Berdoll, Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife, 2004
We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own.: Harold Bloom (1930 - )
I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake--which I also keep handy.: W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
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Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening.: Marshall McLuhan (1911 - 1980)
We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of God’s existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 26, 2002
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I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.: Henny Youngman (1906 - 1998)
I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my shelf.: Robert Bloch (1917 - 1994)
We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.: Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794)
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Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end.: Dr. Thomas Dooley
It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.: Roberto Benigni (1952 - ), in Newsweek
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That's the funny thing about havin' a kid. They come with their own set of problems; make everything else you were worried about seem kinda silly.: Greg Garcia, Raising Hope, Dead Tooth, 09-28-10
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The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), Mostly Harmless
We don't beat the Grim Reaper by living longer, we beat the Reaper by living well and living fully, for the Reaper will come for all of us. The question is what do we do between the time we are born and the time he shows up. It's too late to do all the things that you're gonna kinda get around to.: Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon Commencement Speech, 2008
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A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Everybody's Political What's What? (1944) ch. 30
Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.: Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
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Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.: Baltasar Gracian
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Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.: Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
I never dared to be radical when young For fear it would make me conservative when old.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), 'Ten Mills,' A Further Range, 1936
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