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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - I stand in awe of my body.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- ...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.
- John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.
- Jim Horning
- We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- May I forget what ought to be forgotten; and recall, unfailing, all that ought to be recalled, each kindly thing, forgetting what might sting.
- Mary Caroline Davies
- My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
- P. J. Plauger, Computer Language, March 1983
- As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), Faust
- The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.
- Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
- Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
- Mary MacCracken
- The past with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, it punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be.
- Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984)
- Anyone who uses the phrase 'easy as taking candy from a baby' has never tried taking candy from a baby.
- Unknown
- The first rule of business, is never sell something you love. Otherwise, you may as well be selling your children.
- Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 13, 08-22-04
- The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.
- Heda Bejar
- Appearance can always be changed, but the talent stays the same.
- Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
- It is a wise father that knows his own child.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Merchant of Venice, Act II, sc. 2
- Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening.
- Barbara Tober
- The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.
- Rod Steiger
- You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
- Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994)
- A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
- Andre Maurois (1885 - 1967)
- The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes.
- Dave Barry (1947 - ), "The Taming of the Screw"
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