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Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side.: Anonymous
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Put up with it and you will get more of it.: Lynne Deal
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.: Lin Yutang
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Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
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Never let the fear of failure be an excuse for not trying. Society tells us that to fail is the most terrible thing in the world, but I know it isn't. Failure is part of what makes us human.: Amber Deckers, Ella Mental and the Good Sense Guide
The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.: John Cage (1912 - 1992)
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Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
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If not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.: P. G. Wodehouse (1881 - 1975)
The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.: Scott Westerfeld, Peeps, 2005
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Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.: Robert Bresson
We all have the power to choose how we are going to handle every situation we are faced with throughout our lives. We are in control of the decision we make whether it’s about work, relationships, parenting, or our health.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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I've decided that the key to happiness is low expectations.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: Twelve Hours from San Francisco, 06-04-08
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It's not about vein' mad at everything. It's about bein' REALLY mad at the right stuff.: Ice T., Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, 06-13-12
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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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one.: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), "The Poet at the Breakfast-Table", 1872
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