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Knowing that there is worse pain doesn't make present pain hurt any less.: Gordon Atkinson, Real Live Preacher weblog, 03-22-05
They wouldn't call it falling in love if you didn't get hurt sometimes, but you just pick yourself up and move on.: Gregory Thomas Garcia, Elijah Aron, Jordan Young, Raising Hope, Cheaters, April 2011
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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), De Profundis, 1905
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Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.: Jane Wagner, (and Lily Tomlin)
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I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, December 2003
The great thing about television is that if something important happens anywhere in the world, day or night, you can always change the channel.: From "Taxi"
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How my achievements mock me!: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Troilus and Cressida, Act IV
Beauty and seduction is nature's tool for survival, because we will protect what we love.: Louis Schwartzberg, Marie Curie, 2011
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It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.: Dame Rose Macaulay (1881 - 1958)
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The point is that no matter what your feelings are, your children will be better off if you make them your central focus and work diligently at keeping the parenting relationship civil and cooperative.: 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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No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.: Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.: Edward Chapin
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Guilt is a rope that wears thin.: Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.: Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
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Good company requires only birth, education, and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice. Birth and good manners are essential; but a little learning is by no means a dangerous thing in good company; on the contrary, it will do very well.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them.: Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity, 2002
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A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.: Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
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Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
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