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Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.: Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day.: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940), "The Crack-Up" (1936)
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Sanity is a madness put to good use.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.: Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)
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Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.: Jane Wagner
You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself.: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762)
A friend is a second self.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone.: Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Pudd'nhead Wilson
Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - ), Social Studies (1981)
A month in the laboratory can often save an hour in the library.: Frank Westheimer, Westheimers Discovery
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - or nothing.: Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)
An expert is a person who avoids small error as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy.: Benjamin Stolberg
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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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To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.: Sophy Burnham
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Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.: John Wilmot
If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.: Dorothy Gilman, A New Kind of Country, 1978
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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I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.: Whoopi Goldberg
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of the emotions and of personal relations; and suddenly find - at the age of fifty, say - that a whole new life has opened before you, filled with things you can think about, study, or read about...It is as if a fresh sap of ideas and thoughts was rising in you.: Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976), An Autobiography, 1977