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I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.: Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
In terms of being late or not starting at all, then it's never too late.: Alison Headley, Digital Preservation and Blogs, SXSW 2006
If you're creative, if you can think independently, if you can articulate passion, if you can override the fear of being wrong, then your company needs you now more than it ever did. And now your company can no longer afford to pretend that isn't the case.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 8, 08-22-04
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.: Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
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The world's as ugly as sin, and almost as delightful: Frederick Locker-Lampson
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The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.: Corra Harris
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.: Chinese Proverb
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If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.: George Burns (1896 - 1996)
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Even with the best of maps and instruments, we can never fully chart our journeys.: Gail Pool
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.: Danny Kaye (1913 - 1987)
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.: Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974), Goldwyn's Law of Contracts
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.: Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
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Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.: Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
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I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
If hunger makes you irritable, better eat and be pleasant.: Sefer Hasidim
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A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.: Donald Trump (1946 - )
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.: Henry S. Haskins
Kneeling over a trickling mountain stream and pumping every ounce of water you use though a filter can really change your perception of turning on a faucet.: Eric Voorhis, Camping Earth, Backcountry Camping Can Be A Stressful Pursuit, 03-02-12
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Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.: Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
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