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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.: Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
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Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.: Milton Friedman (1912 - 2006)
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The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.: John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005
Pay no attention to what the critics say... Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic!: Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), quoted in Bengt de Torne "Sibelius: A Close-Up" 1937
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Put duties aside at least an hour before bed and perform soothing, quiet activities that will help you relax.: Dianne Hales
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I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.: E. V. Lucas
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a lifetime's experience.: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935)
I guess we'd be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well.: Jennifer Aniston, O Magazine, February 2004
I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn't necessarily have anything to do with happiness. I mean happiness comes from facing challenges and going out on a limb and taking risks. If you're not willing to take a risk for something you really care about, you might as well be dead.: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Northern Lights, 1993
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.: Thich Nhat Hanh
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Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts as our own, but they probably are.: James Harvey Robinson
Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Mark Twain's Notebook, 1935
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What's the difference between a boyfriend and a husband? About 30 pounds.: Cindy Gardner
I'm a fan of laundry: the smell of fabric softener, the warm clothes in your hands. It's so good.: Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, 2008
Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.: Norman Mailer (1923 - 2007), Armies Of The Night
An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.: Nicholas Chamfort (1741 - 1794)
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Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it.: Salma Hayek
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