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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.: Bobby Knight (1940 - )
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It was reassuring to know exactly where one stood. That one stood at the end of the line was not pertinent. At least there was a line in which to subsist.: Linda Berdoll, Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife, 2004
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.: Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD)
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Love isn't a decision. It's a feeling. If we could decide who we loved, it would be much simpler, but much less magical.: Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Chef Aid, 1998
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Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.: Pindar (522 BC - 443 BC), 518-438 B.C.
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A waist is a terrible thing to mind.: Jane Caminos
You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.: Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876)
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.: Oswald Spengler (1880 - 1936)
If you would marry suitably, marry your equal.: Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD)
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She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell.: Marita Bonner
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward.: Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898)
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It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit.: Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000
I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to.: Margaret Cho, weblog, 01-14-04
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.: A. J. Kitt
Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man.: Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940), Diary in Exile (1959)
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), 'Out of My Later Years,' 1950
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We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.: Philip Guedalla (1889 - 1944)
It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis.: Margaret Bonnano