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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.: Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.: Sydney Biddle Barrows, in Marian Christy, ''Mayflower Madam' Tells All,' Boston Globe, 1986
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Even the wisest counsel is useless when it is unheeded.: Stephanie Barron, Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor, 1996
The town where I grew up has a zip code of E-I-E-I-O.: Martin Mull (1943 - )
Personally I have struggled massively with the dilemma of talent vs desire. Choosing desire may not always be the easiest thing to do. It may seem a waste to leave those natural talents behind and strike out in a new direction. But at least you’ll feel alive.: Meri Williams, Talent vs Desire, 05-29-06
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.: Madeleine L'Engle (1918 - ), "Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art", 1980
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.: Dutch Proverb
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If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden: Higher Laws, 1854
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.: Maria Edgeworth, O Magazine, April 2004
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Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.: Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977)
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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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It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes)
Everybody is an outsider, if you go deep enough. The trick is reassuring people that you’re their kind of outsider.: Annalee Newitz, Autonomous, 2017
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All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, 1858
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Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.: Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962)
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It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.: Jerome K. Jerome (1859 - 1927)
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.: Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
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