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There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.: James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
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We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.: Don Delillo
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.: E. W. Dijkstra
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), "Of Human Bondage", 1915
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The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide.: Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho's Weblog, 08-24-04
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Letter to Mrs Foote, Dec. 2, 1887
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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.: Doris Lessing
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The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know.: Marvin Minsky
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Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.: Maxims of Ptahhotep, 3400 B.C.
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Children are all foreigners.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting your own standards--and living up to them--is a better way to profit. Not to mention a better way to make your day worth all the effort you put into it.: Seth Godin, Seth Godin's Blog, 07-28-06
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Life is difficult and complicated and beyond anyone's total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.: J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
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The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "The Devil's Disciple" (1901), act II
Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt.: Berthold Auerbach (1812 - 1882)
Maybe the greatest challenge now is to find a way to keep independence while also committing ourselves to the ties that bind people, families, and ultimately societies together.: Jane O'Reilly
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), (attributed)
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Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.: Mary Tyler Moore (1936 - )
The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use - of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.: Robert F. Kennedy (1925 - 1968), 'I Remember, I Believe,' The Pursuit of Justice, 1964
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Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own opinion, of in that of any person, whose opinion we ought to value.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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