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O, what may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Measure for Measure, Act III, sc. 1
Everyone in the world was programmed by the place they were born, hemmed in by their beliefs, but you had to at least try to grow your own brain
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Scott Westerfeld, Pretties, 2005
The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.
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Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty, and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, 'Why should I tell it?'
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Johann K. Lavater
What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to do with diligence.
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Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), Lives of the Poets
I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
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Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877)
Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.
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Liberace (1919 - 1987)
Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
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Putt's Law
Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.
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Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, January 2004
Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that's not true. Some smaller countries are neutral.
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Robert Orben
You cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh - it's as simple as that.
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Jay Leno (1950 - ), O Magazine, February 2003
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything.
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Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
Health is not simply the absence of sickness.
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Hannah Green
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
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Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
On a long enough timeline. The survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
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Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), Fight Club, 1996
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
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Leo Rosten (1908 - )
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
Love truth, and pardon error.
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Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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