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It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
You can see into the future if you have a basic understanding of how people are likely to act.: John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, 2008
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Life is not so important as the duties of life.: John Randolph (1773 - 1833)
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I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.: Mother Jones
Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.: W. L. George
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Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.: Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), letter to Mary A. Hulbert, September 21, 1913
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I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.: Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
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I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.: Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986)
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Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.: Susan Ertz, Anger in the Sky
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You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.: Irish Proverb
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The highest result of education is tolerance.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), 'Optimism,' 1903
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The Past is to be respected and acknoledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.: Pierre Trudeau (1919 - 2000)
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If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.: Phyllis Diller
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I know just how frustrating it can be when you're tired and exhausted, but you still want to draw something.: Ward Jenkins, Ward-O-Matic, 03-23-2006
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I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.: Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), The Lonely Life, 1962
In the end, you'll know which people really love you. They're the ones who see you for who you are and, no matter what, always find a way to be at your side.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 08-23-05
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Society and Solitude: Works and Days, 1870
Joel: That's the movies, Ed. Try reality. Ed: No thanks.: Ellen Herman, Northern Exposure, Only You, 1991
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Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)