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Security is a kind of death.: Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983)
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I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.: Rita Rudner
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In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.: Jane Goodall (1934 - )
We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand... and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.: Marie Beyon Ray
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.: C. P. Snow (1905 - 1980)
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Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.: Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside.: Louise Nevelson (1900 - 1988)
We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can.: Cullen Hightower
Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance.: The laws of Manu
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Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain.: Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
Throw out an alarming alarm clock. If the ring is loud and strident, you're waking up to instant stress. You shouldn't be bullied out of bed, just reminded that it's time to start your day.: Sharon Gold
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Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.: William Feather (1908 - 1976)
If we were to care about every person suffering on this planet, life would shut down.: David Shore, House M.D., One Day, One Room, 2007
The family is the country of the heart.: Giuseppe Mazzini (1805 - 1872)
People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.: Bill Watterson (1958 - ), Calvin and Hobbes
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I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.: Robert McCloskey, State Department spokesman (attributed)
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.: Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
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It's not enough to bash in heads. You've got to bash in minds.: Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, 2008