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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), speech to the Republican National Committee, January 31, 1958
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.: Unknown, quoted by Jim Horning
Only the shallow know themselves.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, 1882
After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said, 'No hablo ingles.': Ronnie Shakes
Vigorous writing is concise.: William Strunk Jr., "The Elements of Style", 1919
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That's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), campaign speech at High Wycombe, England, November 27, 1832
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Love truth, and pardon error.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Self-Reliance
The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
I want to change the pop world one sequin at a time. Artists tend to take themselves way too seriously and don't enjoy the fun of making an impact on culture. I just have a good time and sequins represent a good time.: Lady Gaga (1986 - ), BBC Breakfast, 04-21-09
If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names.: Elaine Gill
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Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
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To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.: Cynthia Ozick, O Magazine, September 2002
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Whatever God's dream about man may be, it seems certain it cannot come true unless man cooperates.: Stella Terrill Mann
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War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist.: M. F. K. Fisher
Above all things, reverence yourself.: Pythagoras (582 BC - 507 BC)
He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.: Jewish Proverb
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If you are a terror to many, then beware of many.: Ausonius
In everyone's heart stirs a great homesickness.: Rabbi Seymour Siegel
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