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All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000
She is a friend of my mind... The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.: Toni Morrison (1931 - )
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.: Ruby Dee
To the soul, there is hardly anything more healing than friendship.: Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Put your whole self into it, and you will find your true voice. Hold back and you won't. It's that simple.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 25. You have to find your own schtick., 08-22-04
Young people have an almost biological destiny to be hopeful.: Marshall Ganz, quoted by Sara Rimer in New York Times
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Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.: Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
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Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.: William Goldman, "The Princess Bride"
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Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.: Lewis Mumford (1895 - 1990)
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Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 1999
It's very hard to take yourself too seriously when you look at the world from outer space.: Thomas K. Mattingly II
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.: Upton Sinclair (1878 - 1968)
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Taking responsibility gives us power and control, because when we recognize the relationship between our choices and their consequences, then the next time we don’t like a consequence we can make a different choice.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.: Claude Bernard (1813 - 1878)
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‘Dignity’ has to do crucially with a butler’s ability not to abandon the professional being he inhabits.: Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, 1989
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The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.: Thorstein Veblen (1857 - 1929)
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The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.: Jane Wagner
The future will be better tomorrow.: Dan Quayle (1947 - )
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The things you own end up owning you.: Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), Fight Club, 1996